Serious A4010 crash in Buckinghamshire on 4 July 1982 at 22:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire at 22:55 on Sunday 4 July 1982. The male rider was seriously injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Jul 1982
- Sunday, 22:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7324, longitude -0.82141, in the HP27 postcode district and within the built-up area of Princes Risborough. The location was in the former Wycombe district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198243A018072
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4010
- 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
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 April 1991.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 6 April 1991
At the same spotRef 199143A004141
Slight
Lorry crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 21 May 1987
10 m awayRef 198743A145057
Serious
Car crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 18 December 1985
10 m awayRef 198543A107125
Serious
Toyota Prius crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 23 December 2017
15 m awayRef 2017430031859
Serious
Car crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 27 September 1982
20 m awayRef 198243A053092
Slight
Mercedes B Class crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 10 March 2025
40 m awayRef 2025430118303
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198243A018072 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 1982.