A404 crash in Buckinghamshire on 19 December 2016 at 17:37 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3, a motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire at 17:37 on Monday 19 December 2016. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2016
- Monday, 17:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A3 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66982, longitude -0.57705, in the HP7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Little Chalfont. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chalfont St Giles & Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, HP7 9NT 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
- 2016430003543
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 404
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 March 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 4 March 1982
4 m awayRef 198243B011032
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 14 November 1990
4 m awayRef 199043A069110
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 23 May 1998
4 m awayRef 199843N128058
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 4 February 2003
6 m awayRef 200343N037023
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 19 March 1986
6 m awayRef 198643A083036
Slight
Daihatsu crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 21 April 1999
12 m awayRef 199943N263049
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least 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 2016430003543 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.