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Serious unclassified road crash in Milton Keynes MK3 on 23 December 1981 at 23:25 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Milton Keynes at 23:25 on Wednesday 23 December 1981. The 40-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Dec 1981
Wednesday, 23:25
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.99176, longitude -0.76437, in the MK3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bletchley.

Map of where the crash happened in Milton Keynes

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198143D044121
Council area
Milton Keynes
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, 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 198143D044121 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Milton Keynes road accident statistics for 1981.