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C road crash in Milton Keynes MK4 on 18 January 1988 at 08:20 involving a car

Three cars and two lorries were involved in a crash on a C road in Milton Keynes at 08:20 on Monday 18 January 1988. The 23-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and a 23-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jan 1988
Monday, 08:20
Vehicles
5
Car and 4 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.00447, longitude -0.7681, in the MK4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Milton Keynes.

Map of where the crash happened in Milton Keynes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198843D045018
Council area
Milton Keynes
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1996.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

  • Vehicle 3: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 4: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 5: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 3 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 3 (Lorry)

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 198843D045018 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Milton Keynes road accident statistics for 1988.