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B4009 crash in Buckinghamshire on 14 December 1997 at 06:52 involving a Citroen XM

A Citroen XM crashed on the B4009 in Buckinghamshire at 06:52 on Sunday 14 December 1997. The 41-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1997
Sunday, 06:52
Vehicles
1
Citroen XM
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72088, longitude -0.87499, in the HP27 postcode district. The location was in the former Wycombe district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199743N071127
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4009
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 27 April 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen XM

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen XM)

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 199743N071127 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 1997.