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Wycombe road accidents in 1979: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 631 road traffic collisions in Wycombe in 1979, and 834 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 12 were fatal and 251 were serious.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 23,503 collisions in Wycombe.

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

Collisions in 1979
631
Casualties in 1979
834
Fatal collisions
12
1.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
251
40% of collisions

Crash severity in Wycombe in 1979

1.9% of collisions in Wycombe in 1979 were fatal and 40% serious, against 1.6% and 17% in Wycombe from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal121.9%
  • Serious25140%
  • Slight36858%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal121.4%
  • Serious30236%
  • Slight52062%

Wycombe road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Wycombe, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 791 in 1984. 1979 is highlighted, with 631.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1979
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025215275
2024202244
2023213279
2022250302
2021195230
2020186244
2019234300
2018257338
2017231315
2016297392
2015299414
2014349466
2013309417
2012342440
2011402539
2010381551
2009397570
2008449618
2007502703
2006478676
2005512713
2004575762
2003558769
2002599767
2001659894
2000644869
1999667920
1998648930
1997690910
1996654929
1995612859
1994626850
1993599828
1992705964
1991668857
1990689896
1989637833
1988656851
1987659882
1986730975
1985730937
19847911,062
1983690905
1982666886
1981631850
1980389476
1979631834

When and where crashes happen in Wycombe in 1979

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday81 (13%)
  • Tuesday78 (12%)
  • Wednesday82 (13%)
  • Thursday95 (15%)
  • Friday119 (19%)
  • Saturday110 (17%)
  • Sunday66 (10%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5940 (6.3%)
  • 03:00 to 05:598 (1.3%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5982 (13%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5964 (10%)
  • 12:00 to 14:59100 (16%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59159 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5991 (14%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5987 (14%)

Collisions by month

  • January59 (9.4%)
  • February13 (2.1%)
  • March48 (7.6%)
  • April48 (7.6%)
  • May56 (8.9%)
  • June54 (8.6%)
  • July59 (9.4%)
  • August51 (8.1%)
  • September72 (11%)
  • October54 (8.6%)
  • November59 (9.4%)
  • December58 (9.2%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight426 (68%)
  • Dark, street lights lit128 (20%)
  • Dark, no street lighting69 (11%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown5 (0.8%)
  • Dark, street lights unlit2 (0.3%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds471 (75%)
  • Raining, no high winds76 (12%)
  • Fine with high winds13 (2.1%)
  • Fog or mist8 (1.3%)
  • Raining with high winds8 (1.3%)
  • Snowing, no high winds7 (1.1%)
  • Snowing with high winds2 (0.3%)
  • Other45 (7.1%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Road surface

  • Dry378 (60%)
  • Wet or damp206 (33%)
  • Frost or ice32 (5.1%)
  • Snow13 (2.1%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep2 (0.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph403 (64%)
  • 40 mph36 (5.7%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph155 (25%)
  • 70 mph33 (5.2%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway534 (85%)
  • Dual carriageway62 (9.8%)
  • Roundabout29 (4.6%)
  • One way street or slip road6 (1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Wycombe in 1979

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant415 (50%)
  • Motorcyclist183 (22%)
  • Pedestrian129 (15%)
  • Cyclist46 (5.5%)
  • Van occupant28 (3.4%)
  • Other vehicle occupant12 (1.4%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)8 (1%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (0.8%)
  • Minibus occupant6 (0.7%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 517 (2%)
  • 6 to 1038 (4.6%)
  • 11 to 1563 (7.6%)
  • 16 to 20271 (32%)
  • 21 to 25109 (13%)
  • 26 to 3598 (12%)
  • 36 to 4566 (7.9%)
  • 46 to 5549 (5.9%)
  • 56 to 6552 (6.2%)
  • 66 to 7540 (4.8%)
  • Over 7519 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded12 (1.4%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider503 (60%)
  • Passenger202 (24%)
  • Pedestrian129 (15%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car774 (66%)
  • Motorcycle186 (16%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes74 (6.3%)
  • Pedal cycle48 (4.1%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes34 (2.9%)
  • Bus or coach29 (2.5%)
  • Other vehicle11 (0.9%)
  • Minibus7 (0.6%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.3%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Wycombe in 1979

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1979 in Wycombe

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

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Roads in Wycombe with the most crashes in 1979

The A40 had the most collisions in Wycombe in 1979: 96, including 1 fatal and 42 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Wycombe, 1979
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA4096122142
2ndA4047084128
3rdA41553446113
4thA40103145210
5thM40254719
6thA41282330013
7thA4094192318
8thB482132004
9thB400991510
10thA41294501
11thB4744602
12thB44443501

Towns in Wycombe: crashes in 1979

High Wycombe had the most collisions of any town in Wycombe in 1979: 270.

Postcode districts in Wycombe: crashes in 1979

HP11 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Wycombe in 1979: 117.

Buckinghamshire and its former districts in 1979

Buckinghamshire recorded 1,888 collisions in 1979, and 33% of them were in the old Wycombe district.

Other former districts in Buckinghamshire

Latest crashes in Wycombe in 1979

Of the last 24 crashes in Wycombe in 1979, none were fatal and 12 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1979.

Severity

Wycombe road accidents in other years