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Serious B416 crash in Buckinghamshire on 28 December 1999 at 23:30 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery hit a pedestrian on the B416 in Buckinghamshire at 23:30 on Tuesday 28 December 1999. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Dec 1999
Tuesday, 23:30
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58694, longitude -0.55466, in the SL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gerrards Cross. The location was in the former South Bucks district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199943N337129
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
416
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    3,947 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing in zig-zag approach lines
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199943N337129 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 1999.