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A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 25 November 2018 at 09:30 involving a Vauxhall Insignia taxi

A Vauxhall Insignia taxi and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 09:30 on Sunday 25 November 2018. The 54-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Nov 2018
Sunday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Insignia and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.56, longitude -0.49622, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018430367550
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
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
412

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    1,956 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2018430367550 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.