B4440 crash in Buckinghamshire on 21 January 2023 at 17:46 involving a Ford B-Max
A Ford B-Max and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire at 17:46 on Saturday 21 January 2023. The 17-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2023
- Saturday, 17:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford B-Max and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59223, longitude -0.67713, in the HP10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Flackwell Heath & The Wooburns, Buckinghamshire, HP10 0EG 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
- 2023430031531
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4440
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2024.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 23 May 2024
3 m awayRef 2024430241206
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 19 September 2007
6 m awayRef 200743N186097
Serious
Car crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 6 October 1980
10 m awayRef 198043B019100
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 7 July 1991
10 m awayRef 199143C008701
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 30 April 1991
13 m awayRef 199143C005311
Slight
Renault Master crash on the B4440 in Buckinghamshire, 20 March 1991
13 m awayRef 199143C003441
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford B-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 17, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2023430031531 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 2023.