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Aylesbury Vale road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 575 road traffic collisions in Aylesbury Vale in 1979, and 788 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 19 were fatal and 173 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 23,090 collisions in Aylesbury Vale.

District council until April 2020, now part of Buckinghamshire. Figures follow the old district boundary.

Collisions in 1979
575
Casualties in 1979
788
Fatal collisions
19
3.3% of collisions
Serious collisions
173
30% of collisions

Crash severity in Aylesbury Vale in 1979

3.3% of collisions in Aylesbury Vale in 1979 were fatal and 30% serious, against 2.2% and 19% in Aylesbury Vale from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal193.3%
  • Serious17330%
  • Slight38367%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal253.2%
  • Serious22328%
  • Slight54069%

Aylesbury Vale road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Aylesbury Vale, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 676 in 1989. 1979 is highlighted, with 575.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025237317
2024219286
2023281360
2022219277
2021214276
2020213285
2019273341
2018297423
2017262388
2016340462
2015363491
2014387529
2013357497
2012388545
2011394542
2010406598
2009469682
2008442624
2007530769
2006608904
2005557802
2004566799
2003575786
2002589801
2001635928
2000668931
1999612855
1998629889
1997653955
1996643933
1995574860
1994606859
1993598860
1992576866
1991563826
1990673938
1989676981
1988620900
1987587807
1986643855
1985599796
1984654910
1983614802
1982582778
1981576769
1980348468
1979575788

When and where crashes happen in Aylesbury Vale in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday67 (12%)
  • Tuesday85 (15%)
  • Wednesday75 (13%)
  • Thursday89 (15%)
  • Friday103 (18%)
  • Saturday86 (15%)
  • Sunday70 (12%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5927 (4.7%)
  • 03:00 to 05:598 (1.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5970 (12%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5971 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5987 (15%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59147 (26%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5984 (15%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5981 (14%)

Collisions by month

  • January45 (7.8%)
  • February27 (4.7%)
  • March31 (5.4%)
  • April44 (7.7%)
  • May54 (9.4%)
  • June39 (6.8%)
  • July46 (8%)
  • August52 (9%)
  • September61 (11%)
  • October51 (8.9%)
  • November68 (12%)
  • December57 (9.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight382 (66%)
  • Dark, street lights lit101 (18%)
  • Dark, no street lighting85 (15%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown1 (0.2%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded5 (0.9%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds412 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds57 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds16 (2.8%)
  • Raining with high winds16 (2.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds13 (2.3%)
  • Snowing with high winds9 (1.6%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1.2%)
  • Other42 (7.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (0.5%)

Road surface

  • Dry329 (57%)
  • Wet or damp196 (34%)
  • Frost or ice34 (5.9%)
  • Snow15 (2.6%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph294 (51%)
  • 40 mph33 (5.7%)
  • 50 mph5 (0.9%)
  • 60 mph243 (42%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway515 (90%)
  • Roundabout31 (5.4%)
  • Dual carriageway18 (3.1%)
  • One way street or slip road11 (1.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Aylesbury Vale in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant395 (50%)
  • Motorcyclist176 (22%)
  • Pedestrian92 (12%)
  • Cyclist68 (8.6%)
  • Van occupant22 (2.8%)
  • Bus or coach occupant14 (1.8%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (1.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant6 (0.8%)
  • Taxi or private hire car occupant3 (0.4%)
  • Minibus occupant1 (0.1%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 513 (1.6%)
  • 6 to 1032 (4.1%)
  • 11 to 1566 (8.4%)
  • 16 to 20238 (30%)
  • 21 to 2591 (12%)
  • 26 to 35109 (14%)
  • 36 to 4571 (9%)
  • 46 to 5568 (8.6%)
  • 56 to 6556 (7.1%)
  • 66 to 7519 (2.4%)
  • Over 7516 (2%)
  • Not recorded9 (1.1%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider487 (62%)
  • Passenger209 (27%)
  • Pedestrian92 (12%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car672 (63%)
  • Motorcycle180 (17%)
  • Pedal cycle69 (6.5%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes51 (4.8%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes43 (4%)
  • Other vehicle19 (1.8%)
  • Bus or coach15 (1.4%)
  • Taxi or private hire car4 (0.4%)
  • Minibus2 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded10 (0.9%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Aylesbury Vale in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Aylesbury Vale

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Aylesbury Vale with the most crashes in 1979

The A413 had the most collisions in Aylesbury Vale in 1979: 112, including 3 fatal and 33 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Aylesbury Vale, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA413112152333
2ndA416790218
3rdA4186088218
4thA421253929
5thA4146243828
6thA4011213118
7thA422192616
8thB4443141505
9thB489132214
10thB454471305
11thB40116802
12thB4886804
13thA40105610
14thA41575502
15thA41564410
16thB40323401
17thB45063311
18thA41291100
19thB40331401

Towns in Aylesbury Vale: crashes in 1979

Aylesbury had the most collisions of any town in Aylesbury Vale in 1979: 170.

Postcode districts in Aylesbury Vale: crashes in 1979

HP22 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Aylesbury Vale in 1979: 127.

Buckinghamshire and its former districts in 1979

Buckinghamshire recorded 1,888 collisions in 1979, and 30% of them were in the old Aylesbury Vale district.

Other former districts in Buckinghamshire

Latest crashes in Aylesbury Vale in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Aylesbury Vale in 1979, 1 was fatal and 7 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

Aylesbury Vale road accidents in other years