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Serious A4128 crash in Buckinghamshire on 17 November 1996 at 17:55 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4128 in Buckinghamshire at 17:55 on Sunday 17 November 1996. The 41-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured and the 70-year-old male driver of the Austin Montego was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Nov 1996
Sunday, 17:55
Vehicles
2
Austin Montego and Honda
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66237, longitude -0.74429, in the HP15 postcode district. The location was in the former Wycombe district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199643N100116
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4128
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 199643N100116 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 1996.