Serious C road crash in Milton Keynes MK5 on 23 October 2018 at 11:55 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class and a Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Milton Keynes at 11:55 on Tuesday 23 October 2018. The 33-year-old female rider of the Yamaha YZF R1 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Oct 2018
- Tuesday, 11:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes E Class and Yamaha YZF R1
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02142, longitude -0.77353, in the MK5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Furzton, Milton Keynes, MK5 7AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Milton Keynes
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430324228
- Council area
- Milton Keynes
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 February 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 24 February 2013
6 m awayRef 201343S086023
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 2 September 2001
8 m awayRef 200143S012091
Slight
Yamaha crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 1 May 1999
8 m awayRef 199943S001059
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Milton Keynes, 18 July 2025
8 m awayRef 2025430362904
Serious
Honda crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 13 April 2002
8 m awayRef 200243S052042
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 17 May 2005
14 m awayRef 200543S070055
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R1
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousFemale, aged 33, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R1)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018430324228 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 2018.