A421 crash in Milton Keynes on 7 July 2017 at 16:30 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes at 16:30 on Friday 7 July 2017. The 63-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 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
- 7 Jul 2017
- Friday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01705, longitude -0.74462, in the MK6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bletchley West, Milton Keynes, MK6 4AE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Milton Keynes
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430207574
- Council area
- Milton Keynes
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 421
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2025.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 27 February 2025
3 m awayRef 2025430104945
Slight
Toyota IQ crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 18 January 2016
5 m awayRef 201643S086016
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 16 March 1997
6 m awayRef 199743S029037
Slight
Car crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 14 December 1988
6 m awayRef 198843D040128
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 23 August 1989
8 m awayRef 198943D056089
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A421 in Milton Keynes, 17 December 2003
8 m awayRef 200343S126123
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2017430207574 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.