B485 crash in Buckinghamshire on 19 January 2015 at 18:18 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Mazda CX5 were involved in a crash on the B485 in Buckinghamshire at 18:18 on Monday 19 January 2015. The 50-year-old female driver of the Ford KA and the 45-year-old male driver of the Mazda CX5 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jan 2015
- Monday, 18:18
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Mazda CX5
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70133, longitude -0.62063, in the HP5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chesham South, Buckinghamshire, HP5 1SD 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
- 201543N216015
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 485
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2001.
Slight
Ford Capri crash on the B485 in Buckinghamshire, 27 August 2001
9 m awayRef 200143N274081
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Buckinghamshire, 13 October 2008
40 m awayRef 200843N153108
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Buckinghamshire, 25 August 1988
106 m awayRef 198843A106088
Serious
Car crash on the B485 in Buckinghamshire, 9 October 1981
133 m awayRef 198143B044101
Slight
Car crash on the B485 in Buckinghamshire, 22 January 1984
175 m awayRef 198443A094014
Serious
Car crash on the B485 in Buckinghamshire, 19 November 1982
211 m awayRef 198243B061112
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda CX5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,191 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda CX5)
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 201543N216015 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.