Serious C road crash in Milton Keynes MK12 on 27 October 2018 at 01:36 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on a C road in Milton Keynes at 01:36 on Saturday 27 October 2018. The 22-year-old male driver of the Audi A3, the 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and a 38-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 27 Oct 2018
- Saturday, 01:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04881, longitude -0.80463, in the MK12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 6JN area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430328625
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 November 1983.
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 1 November 1983
2 m awayRef 198343D002113
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 2 September 2007
2 m awayRef 200743S144097
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 25 July 2015
3 m awayRef 201543S120075
Slight
Renault 19 crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 19 February 1998
13 m awayRef 199843S062028
Slight
Ford Transit crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 5 September 2002
13 m awayRef 200243S069092
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Milton Keynes, 14 September 1989
16 m awayRef 198943D048099
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018430328625 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.