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Serious A428 crash in West Northamptonshire on 31 October 1998 at 18:05 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A428 in West Northamptonshire at 18:05 on Saturday 31 October 1998. A 53-year-old female passenger in the Ford Granada was seriously injured and the 58-year-old male driver of the Ford Granada and the 36-year-old female driver of the Toyota Carina were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Oct 1998
Saturday, 18:05
Vehicles
2
Ford Granada and Toyota Carina
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21383, longitude -0.78091, in the NN7 postcode district. The location was in the former South Northamptonshire district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199834NN01438
Council area
West Northamptonshire
Police force
Northamptonshire
Highway authority
Northamptonshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
428
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,933 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

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 199834NN01438 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.