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South Bucks road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 375 road traffic collisions in South Bucks in 1979, and 519 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 14 were fatal and 143 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 15,877 collisions in South Bucks.

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

Collisions in 1979
375
Casualties in 1979
519
Fatal collisions
14
3.7% of collisions
Serious collisions
143
38% of collisions

Crash severity in South Bucks in 1979

3.7% of collisions in South Bucks in 1979 were fatal and 38% serious, against 2.1% and 17% in South Bucks from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal143.7%
  • Serious14338%
  • Slight21858%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal152.9%
  • Serious18335%
  • Slight32162%

South Bucks road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in South Bucks, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 492 in 1997. 1979 is highlighted, with 375.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025157208
2024114144
2023106132
2022148197
2021151200
2020122152
2019175240
2018201271
2017177244
2016215292
2015228312
2014249352
2013271377
2012286425
2011309431
2010318452
2009308440
2008355500
2007375669
2006411587
2005390572
2004392565
2003407549
2002425610
2001444642
2000489697
1999490707
1998458647
1997492704
1996457654
1995370497
1994459645
1993437624
1992416594
1991425604
1990416593
1989463670
1988443621
1987408631
1986379555
1985403578
1984425557
1983385521
1982354483
1981353484
1980246315
1979375519

When and where crashes happen in South Bucks in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (13%)
  • Tuesday46 (12%)
  • Wednesday54 (14%)
  • Thursday62 (17%)
  • Friday66 (18%)
  • Saturday56 (15%)
  • Sunday43 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5917 (4.5%)
  • 03:00 to 05:599 (2.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5951 (14%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5946 (12%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5965 (17%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5984 (22%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5951 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5952 (14%)

Collisions by month

  • January32 (8.5%)
  • February3 (0.8%)
  • March23 (6.1%)
  • April22 (5.9%)
  • May30 (8%)
  • June34 (9.1%)
  • July35 (9.3%)
  • August35 (9.3%)
  • September34 (9.1%)
  • October32 (8.5%)
  • November46 (12%)
  • December49 (13%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight252 (67%)
  • Dark, street lights lit82 (22%)
  • Dark, no street lighting32 (8.5%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown6 (1.6%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit1 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds283 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds37 (9.9%)
  • Fine with high winds8 (2.1%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1.9%)
  • Fog or mist6 (1.6%)
  • Raining with high winds4 (1.1%)
  • Other25 (6.7%)
  • Not recorded5 (1.3%)

Road surface

  • Dry229 (61%)
  • Wet or damp123 (33%)
  • Frost or ice13 (3.5%)
  • Snow10 (2.7%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph141 (38%)
  • 40 mph35 (9.3%)
  • 50 mph35 (9.3%)
  • 60 mph96 (26%)
  • 70 mph67 (18%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway279 (74%)
  • Dual carriageway65 (17%)
  • Roundabout22 (5.9%)
  • One way street or slip road5 (1.3%)
  • Not recorded4 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in South Bucks in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant315 (61%)
  • Motorcyclist99 (19%)
  • Pedestrian45 (8.7%)
  • Cyclist33 (6.4%)
  • Van occupant17 (3.3%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)7 (1.3%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (0.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 55 (1%)
  • 6 to 1014 (2.7%)
  • 11 to 1526 (5%)
  • 16 to 20131 (25%)
  • 21 to 2581 (16%)
  • 26 to 3599 (19%)
  • 36 to 4552 (10%)
  • 46 to 5534 (6.6%)
  • 56 to 6534 (6.6%)
  • 66 to 7524 (4.6%)
  • Over 759 (1.7%)
  • Not recorded10 (1.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider330 (64%)
  • Passenger144 (28%)
  • Pedestrian45 (8.7%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car488 (69%)
  • Motorcycle100 (14%)
  • Pedal cycle38 (5.4%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes30 (4.2%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes29 (4.1%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1.3%)
  • Other vehicle6 (0.8%)
  • Minibus3 (0.4%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for South Bucks in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in South Bucks

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in South Bucks with the most crashes in 1979

The A40 had the most collisions in South Bucks in 1979: 55, including 1 fatal and 25 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in South Bucks, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA405576125
2ndA4123648112
3rdA355273229
4thA42742010
5thB416203208
6thM402035213
7thB474141506
8thB470121203
9thA400771321
10thA40207903
11thM47913
12thA4135813
13thB302631002
14thB5191400

Towns in South Bucks: crashes in 1979

Slough had the most collisions of any town in South Bucks in 1979: 40.

Postcode districts in South Bucks: crashes in 1979

HP9 and UB9 had the most collisions of any postcode district in South Bucks in 1979, with 65 each.

Buckinghamshire and its former districts in 1979

Buckinghamshire recorded 1,888 collisions in 1979, and 20% of them were in the old South Bucks district.

Other former districts in Buckinghamshire

Latest crashes in South Bucks in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in South Bucks in 1979, none were fatal and 7 were serious. The last was on 30 December 1979.

Severity

South Bucks road accidents in other years