A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 3 April 2021 at 09:45 involving a Hyundai Kona
A bicycle and a Hyundai Kona were involved in a crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 09:45 on Saturday 3 April 2021. The 39-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Apr 2021
- Saturday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Hyundai Kona
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6596, longitude -0.89988, in the HP14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Stokenchurch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ridgeway West, Buckinghamshire, HP14 3TY 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
- 2021430139878
- 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
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 30 October 2001
8 m awayRef 200143N412101
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 25 May 1985
12 m awayRef 198543A114055
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 14 January 1998
18 m awayRef 199843N072018
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 16 February 1986
20 m awayRef 198643A080026
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 7 January 2002
20 m awayRef 200243N046012
Serious
Car crash on the A40 in Buckinghamshire, 31 July 1979
25 m awayRef 197943A056079
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 39 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Kona
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 39, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- 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 2021430139878 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 2021.