A5 crash in Milton Keynes on 13 October 1990 at 03:15 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf crashed on the A5 in Milton Keynes at 03:15 on Saturday 13 October 1990. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 1990
- Saturday, 03:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04727, longitude -0.80265, in the MK13 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199043D036100
- Council area
- Milton Keynes
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 422
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A422 in Milton Keynes, 20 November 1984
14 m awayRef 198443D044114
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A5 in Milton Keynes, 23 January 1998
22 m awayRef 199843S061018
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A422 in Milton Keynes, 30 March 2023
24 m awayRef 2023430140675
Serious
Suzuki GSX 1300 crash on the A422 in Milton Keynes, 28 March 2017
31 m awayRef 2017430095017
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A422 in Milton Keynes, 5 August 1999
32 m awayRef 199943S041089
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5 in Milton Keynes, 12 March 1992
41 m awayRef 199243S032032
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,460 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 199043D036100 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 1990.