A421 crash in Milton Keynes on 4 November 2014 at 22:00 involving a BMW Z3
A BMW Z3 and a Toyota Prius taxi were involved in a crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes at 22:00 on Tuesday 4 November 2014. The 52-year-old male driver of the BMW Z3, the 47-year-old male driver of the Toyota Prius taxi and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Prius taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Nov 2014
- Tuesday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW Z3 and Toyota Prius
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03346, longitude -0.6844, in the MK10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Walton, Milton Keynes, MK10 0AA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201443S019114
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 2013.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 7 October 2013
7 m awayRef 201343S027103
Serious
Toyota Previa crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 24 September 2008
11 m awayRef 200843S120098
Serious
DAF Trucks crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 16 March 2016
26 m awayRef 201643S107036
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 5 February 1998
26 m awayRef 199843S018028
Slight
Renault crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 30 November 2000
28 m awayRef 200043S249110
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on an unclassified road in Milton Keynes, 15 November 2021
45 m awayRef 2021430517437
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW Z3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Prius
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,797 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW Z3)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Prius)
- 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 201443S019114 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 2014.