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Serious A413 crash in Buckinghamshire on 15 February 1979 at 10:40 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A413 in Buckinghamshire at 10:40 on Thursday 15 February 1979. A 23-year-old male passenger in the car was seriously injured and the 30-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Feb 1979
Thursday, 10:40
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86223, longitude -0.82993, in the HP22 postcode district. The location was in the former Aylesbury Vale district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943A030029
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
413
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 197943A030029 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Buckinghamshire road accident statistics for 1979.