A508 crash in West Northamptonshire on 30 August 1992 at 16:40 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Peugeot 309 were involved in a crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire at 16:40 on Sunday 30 August 1992. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Aug 1992
- Sunday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Peugeot 309
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.19975, longitude -0.89425, in the NN4 postcode district. The location was in the former Northampton district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Northamptonshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199234TS00683
- Council area
- West Northamptonshire
- Police force
- Northamptonshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 508
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 508
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 1993.
Serious
Honda NH80MD crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 15 December 1993
10 m awayRef 199334TS01326
Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 24 January 2020
11 m awayRef 2020340N02462
Slight
Car crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 21 October 2013
20 m awayRef 201334WN23893
Slight
Mercedes CLK Class crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 24 October 2025
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Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire, 29 October 2007
22 m awayRef 200734WN54137
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A508 in West Northamptonshire, 11 January 1993
22 m awayRef 199334TS00027
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199234TS00683 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Northamptonshire road accident statistics for 1992.