M1 crash in Milton Keynes on 27 August 2016 at 11:25 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1, a BMW 3 Series and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes at 11:25 on Saturday 27 August 2016. The 53-year-old female driver of the Audi A1, a 59-year-old female passenger in the Audi A1 and a 34-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2016
- Saturday, 11:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A1 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.11648, longitude -0.80027, in the MK19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Milton Keynes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201643S101086
- Council area
- Milton Keynes
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 25 January 2025
19 m awayRef 2025430041202
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 13 February 2002
45 m awayRef 200243S050022
Fatal
Leyland DAF FTG 95 crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 1 December 1996
60 m awayRef 199643S001126
Slight
Car crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 4 November 1987
71 m awayRef 198743D006117
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 31 January 2003
78 m awayRef 200343S171013
Slight
Volvo S60 crash on the M1 in Milton Keynes, 15 September 2003
79 m awayRef 200343S100093
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 201643S101086 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Milton Keynes road accident statistics for 2016.