A421 crash in Buckinghamshire on 18 July 2018 at 08:15 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon, a Mini Cooper and a car were involved in a crash on the A421 in Buckinghamshire at 08:15 on Wednesday 18 July 2018. The 44-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon and the 34-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2018
- Wednesday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Leon and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.98412, longitude -0.87865, in the MK17 postcode district. The location was in the former Aylesbury Vale district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430224339
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 421
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 2010.
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A421 in Buckinghamshire, 12 March 2010
5 m awayRef 201043N099030
Slight
Car crash on the A421 in Buckinghamshire, 5 November 1981
13 m awayRef 198143D012111
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A421 in Buckinghamshire, 23 April 2018
56 m awayRef 2018430149748
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A421 in Buckinghamshire, 28 August 2025
66 m awayRef 2025430439726
Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A421 in Buckinghamshire, 18 July 2000
105 m awayRef 200043S081070
Slight
Car crash on the A421 in Buckinghamshire, 7 February 1981
105 m awayRef 198143D012021
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- 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 2018430224339 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.