Skip to main content
CrashStats

A355 crash in Buckinghamshire on 7 October 2017 at 19:15 involving a Toyota Avensis taxi

A Toyota Avensis taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A355 in Buckinghamshire at 19:15 on Saturday 7 October 2017. A 49-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Oct 2017
Saturday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Toyota Avensis and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66389, longitude -0.61298, in the HP7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Amersham & Chesham Bois, Buckinghamshire, HP7 0EZ area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Chiltern district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017430308233
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
355
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, lighting unknown
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,231 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2017430308233 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 2017.