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C road crash in Buckinghamshire HP16 on 29 December 1979 at 14:15 involving a car

A car crashed on a C road in Buckinghamshire at 14:15 on Saturday 29 December 1979. A 56-year-old female passenger and the 59-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Dec 1979
Saturday, 14:15
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7087, longitude -0.76356, in the HP16 postcode district. The location was in the former Wycombe district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943A067129
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 197943A067129 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.