A4010 crash in Buckinghamshire on 19 April 2018 at 19:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Golf, were involved in a crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire at 19:45 on Thursday 19 April 2018. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Apr 2018
- Thursday, 19:45
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7706, longitude -0.78884, in the HP22 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ridgeway East, Buckinghamshire, HP17 0TG area accident hotspot. The location was in the former Wycombe district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430117926
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4010
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 12%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 88%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 2013.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 29 December 2013
4 m awayRef 201343N273123
Slight
Car crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 12 December 1988
8 m awayRef 198843A070128
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 8 September 1993
8 m awayRef 199343N029093
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 25 November 1992
16 m awayRef 199243N194112
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 6 February 2022
19 m awayRef 2022430055889
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A4010 in Buckinghamshire, 16 July 2022
20 m awayRef 2022430314872
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 4: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit Custom)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018430117926 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.