A416 crash in Buckinghamshire on 16 April 2015 at 08:36 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Citroen Saxo and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A416 in Buckinghamshire at 08:36 on Thursday 16 April 2015. The 41-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo and the 38-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Apr 2015
- Thursday, 08:36
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.71368, longitude -0.60799, in the HP5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chesham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chesham South, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2HE area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Chiltern district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201543N190045
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 416
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 February 1981.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A416 in Buckinghamshire, 17 February 1981
3 m awayRef 198143B057021
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A416 in Buckinghamshire, 11 November 1981
3 m awayRef 198143B040111
Slight
Van crash on the A416 in Buckinghamshire, 6 December 1979
8 m awayRef 197943B023129
Slight
Rover SD1 crash on the A416 in Buckinghamshire, 24 October 1992
8 m awayRef 199243N115102
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A416 in Buckinghamshire, 11 July 1993
11 m awayRef 199343N080073
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A416 in Buckinghamshire, 22 July 2004
11 m awayRef 200443N217074
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Renault Megane)
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 201543N190045 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.