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C road crash in West Northamptonshire NN6 on 15 May 1998 at 23:35 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle and a Saab 9000 were involved in a crash on a C road in West Northamptonshire at 23:35 on Friday 15 May 1998. The 17-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 May 1998
Friday, 23:35
Vehicles
2
Aprilia and Saab 9000
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.29821, longitude -1.08493, in the NN6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Buckby. The location was in the former Daventry district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199834ND00239
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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 lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    2,290 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Aprilia)

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 199834ND00239 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 1998.