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Serious A413 crash in Buckinghamshire on 7 October 1979 at 23:10 involving a car

A car crashed on the A413 in Buckinghamshire at 23:10 on Sunday 7 October 1979. The 24-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Oct 1979
Sunday, 23:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.00679, longitude -0.98235, in the MK18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buckingham. 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
197943D016109
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
40 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, 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 197943D016109 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.