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Unclassified road crash in West Northamptonshire NN7 on 21 December 1994 at 21:10 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro crashed on an unclassified road in West Northamptonshire at 21:10 on Wednesday 21 December 1994. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1994
Wednesday, 21:10
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24298, longitude -1.05897, in the NN7 postcode district. The location was in the former Daventry district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199434ND00632
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 186 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

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 199434ND00632 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 1994.