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A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 20 October 1986 at 11:10 involving a car

A vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 11:10 on Monday 20 October 1986. The 80-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Oct 1986
Monday, 11:10
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56709, longitude -0.50235, in the UB9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Denham. The location was in the former South Bucks district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198643A128106
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside, crossed central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, 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 198643A128106 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 1986.