A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 16 March 2015 at 18:15 involving a Toyota Carina
Two cars and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 18:15 on Monday 16 March 2015. The 39-year-old male driver of the Toyota Carina was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Mar 2015
- Monday, 18:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Carina and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.58323, longitude -0.55833, in the SL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gerrards Cross. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gerrards Cross & Denham, Buckinghamshire, SL9 8AD 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
- 201543N098035
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 416
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2013.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 26 May 2013
2 m awayRef 201343N173053
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 10 October 1988
6 m awayRef 198843A046108
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 15 October 1999
6 m awayRef 199943N197109
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 9 December 2010
6 m awayRef 201043N254120
Serious
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 10 March 1982
6 m awayRef 198243B026032
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 8 October 2023
7 m awayRef 2023430452314
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)
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 201543N098035 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 2015.