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M40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 22 January 2004 at 18:40 involving an Audi S4

Eight vehicles, including an Audi S4 and a Honda Civic, were involved in a crash on the M40 in Buckinghamshire at 18:40 on Thursday 22 January 2004. The 38-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Jan 2004
Thursday, 18:40
Vehicles
8
Audi S4 and 7 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60715, longitude -0.70667, in the HP11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Penn, Tylers Green & Loudwater, Buckinghamshire, HP10 9QY area accident hotspot. 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
200443N249014
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (8)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi S4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    4,163 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Honda CRV

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 4: Rover 75

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,951 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 5: Volkswagen Bora

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 6: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 7: Fiat Tipo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,581 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 8: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 8 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 200443N249014 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 2004.