C road crash in Milton Keynes MK6 on 1 April 2017 at 12:23 involving a Volkswagen Sharan
A Volkswagen Sharan and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Milton Keynes at 12:23 on Saturday 1 April 2017. The 45-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was 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
- 1 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 12:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Sharan and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01751, longitude -0.72413, in the MK6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woughton & Fishermead, Milton Keynes, MK6 4JB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Milton Keynes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430125468
- Council area
- Milton Keynes
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 2011.
Slight
Ducati crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 8 June 2011
1 m awayRef 201143S035061
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 11 January 2004
1 m awayRef 200443S042014
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 11 June 2015
4 m awayRef 201543S069065
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 6 September 2021
10 m awayRef 2021430405149
Serious
Volvo crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 1 February 1990
11 m awayRef 199043D006020
Slight
Ford Transit crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 10 June 2008
11 m awayRef 200843S170068
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Sharan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 350 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 25 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 45, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017430125468 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 2017.