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Fatal A4128 crash in Buckinghamshire on 19 May 1982 at 23:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A4128 in Buckinghamshire at 23:05 on Wednesday 19 May 1982. A 17-year-old male passenger was killed and the 20-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 May 1982
Wednesday, 23:05
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69997, longitude -0.7295, in the HP16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Prestwood and Great Missenden. The location was in the former Chiltern district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198243B055052
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4128
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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, 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 198243B055052 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.