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B485 crash in Buckinghamshire on 7 February 1980 at 11:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the B485 in Buckinghamshire at 11:30 on Thursday 7 February 1980. The 72-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Feb 1980
Thursday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70311, longitude -0.61711, in the HP5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesham. The location was in the former Chiltern district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198043B021020
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
485
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, 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 198043B021020 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 1980.