B4440 crash in Buckinghamshire on 18 November 2006 at 07:48 involving a Mitsubishi Galant
A Mitsubishi Galant, a Mercedes lorry and an Aprilia SR 50 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire at 07:48 on Saturday 18 November 2006. The 35-year-old female driver of the Mitsubishi Galant and the 17-year-old female rider of the Aprilia SR 50 motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Nov 2006
- Saturday, 07:48
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mitsubishi Galant and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5911, longitude -0.67912, in the HP10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns, Buckinghamshire, HP10 0EG 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
- 200643N374116
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4440
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 1997.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 27 December 1997
14 m awayRef 199743N136127
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 7 January 1993
36 m awayRef 199343N027013
Serious
Yamaha YZF crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 21 September 2023
36 m awayRef 2023430424211
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 5 March 2006
50 m awayRef 200643N050036
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 26 October 2001
85 m awayRef 200143N373101
Slight
Ford Scorpio crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 8 May 1997
92 m awayRef 199743N045057
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Galant
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,834 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,958 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Aprilia SR 50
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Galant)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 3 (Aprilia SR 50)
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 200643N374116 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 2006.