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A421 crash in Milton Keynes on 11 March 2002 at 19:54 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro crashed on the A421 in Milton Keynes at 19:54 on Monday 11 March 2002. A 17-year-old male passenger and an 18-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Mar 2002
Monday, 19:54
Vehicles
1
Rover Metro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02533, longitude -0.72933, in the MK6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woughton & Fishermead, Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Milton Keynes

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200243S065032
Council area
Milton Keynes
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
421
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 15 May 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Central island of roundabout
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200243S065032 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Milton Keynes road accident statistics for 2002.