A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 31 July 1985 at 08:25 involving a van
A van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 08:25 on Wednesday 31 July 1985. The 25-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 1985
- Wednesday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62504, longitude -0.73477, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198543A159075
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2014.
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 12 June 2014
6 m awayRef 201443N075064
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 28 November 2017
9 m awayRef 2017430360022
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 25 July 2005
10 m awayRef 200543N261075
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 24 April 2008
10 m awayRef 200843N203048
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 31 October 1979
10 m awayRef 197943B080109
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 20 February 2011
10 m awayRef 201143N160021
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198543A159075 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.