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A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 21 May 2000 at 10:15 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 10:15 on Sunday 21 May 2000. The 53-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 May 2000
Sunday, 10:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Granada and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56257, longitude -0.49758, 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
200043N249050
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
40

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 5 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 200043N249050 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 2000.