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A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 14 August 1991 at 08:35 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

Four vehicles, including a Yamaha motorcycle and a Volvo 240, were involved in a crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 08:35 on Wednesday 14 August 1991. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Aug 1991
Wednesday, 08:35
Vehicles
4
Yamaha and 3 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5606, longitude -0.4867, in the UB9 postcode district. 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
199143B010571
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

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 slight injury crash on 19 July 1992.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 199143B010571 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 1991.