B482 crash in Buckinghamshire on 24 December 1996 at 12:20 involving a Saab 900
A Saab 900 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B482 in Buckinghamshire at 12:20 on Tuesday 24 December 1996. The 44-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Dec 1996
- Tuesday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Saab 900 and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61621, longitude -0.82861, in the HP14 postcode district. The location was in the former Wycombe district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199643N173126
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 482
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 1981.
Slight
Van crash on the B482 in Buckinghamshire, 13 August 1981
10 m awayRef 198143B033081
Serious
Car crash on the B482 in Buckinghamshire, 11 March 1988
10 m awayRef 198843A042038
Serious
Rover Montego crash on the B482 in Buckinghamshire, 4 November 1994
10 m awayRef 199443N027114
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B482 in Buckinghamshire, 18 November 2022
23 m awayRef 2022430519798
Serious
Car crash on the B482 in Buckinghamshire, 22 March 1987
28 m awayRef 198743A084037
Slight
Car crash on the B482 in Buckinghamshire, 15 January 1984
57 m awayRef 198443A059014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Saab 900
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,985 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 199643N173126 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.