A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 15 December 2016 at 12:47 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza, a Mazda CX5 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 12:47 on Thursday 15 December 2016. The 59-year-old male driver of the Mazda CX5 and a 57-year-old female passenger in the Mazda CX5 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
- 15 Dec 2016
- Thursday, 12:47
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Ibiza and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61788, longitude -0.71591, in the HP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of High Wycombe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marsh & Micklefield, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1RD area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Wycombe district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016430001461
- 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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 August 2025.
Serious
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 19 August 2025
2 m awayRef 2025430424365
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 13 May 2025
4 m awayRef 2025430236637
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 27 September 2025
6 m awayRef 2025430494840
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 29 March 2015
7 m awayRef 201543N208035
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 12 February 2010
8 m awayRef 201043N116020
Slight
Citroen AX crash on an unclassified road in Buckinghamshire, 14 January 1997
8 m awayRef 199743N065017
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda CX5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,191 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda CX5)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda CX5)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016430001461 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 2016.