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Serious C road crash in Buckinghamshire HP11 on 5 January 1985 at 23:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Buckinghamshire at 23:50 on Saturday 5 January 1985. The 25-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 30-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were seriously injured and the 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 1985
Saturday, 23:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.63181, longitude -0.76247, in the HP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of High Wycombe. 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
198543A013015
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198543A013015 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 1985.