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A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 1 April 2014 at 08:45 involving a Citroen C3

A Citroen C3, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 08:45 on Tuesday 1 April 2014. The 51-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3, the 39-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 42-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Apr 2014
Tuesday, 08:45
Vehicles
3
Citroen C3 and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.601, longitude -0.64055, in the HP9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Beaconsfield. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, HP9 2GE area accident hotspot. 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
201443N076044
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
Slip road
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C3

    Car

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Toyota Avensis

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,794 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Avensis)

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 201443N076044 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 2014.