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Serious C road crash in Milton Keynes MK1 on 9 October 1990 at 12:20 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Volvo 740 were involved in a crash on a C road in Milton Keynes at 12:20 on Tuesday 9 October 1990. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Cortina was seriously injured and a 47-year-old female passenger in the Ford Cortina and the 33-year-old male driver of the Volvo 740 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Oct 1990
Tuesday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Volvo 740
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.00505, longitude -0.72074, in the MK1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bletchley.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199043D049100
Council area
Milton Keynes
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Dual 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 740

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 740)

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 199043D049100 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.