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Serious A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 28 January 2018 at 21:02 involving a Citroen Berlingo

A Citroen Berlingo crashed on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 21:02 on Sunday 28 January 2018. A 25-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 50-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jan 2018
Sunday, 21:02
Vehicles
1
Citroen Berlingo
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.5604, longitude -0.48637, in the UB9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gerrards Cross & Denham, Buckinghamshire, UB9 4DW area accident hotspot. The location was in the former South Bucks district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018430030325
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
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
Dark, street lights lit
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Berlingo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Berlingo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2018430030325 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 2018.