A404 crash in Buckinghamshire on 23 June 2023 at 01:15 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a Mazda 2 were involved in a crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire at 01:15 on Friday 23 June 2023. The 24-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jun 2023
- Friday, 01:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Mazda 2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61782, longitude -0.7621, in the HP11 postcode district and within the built-up area of High Wycombe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbey, Buckinghamshire, HP11 1AY 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
- 2023430276319
- 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
- 404
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- C
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1992.
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 13 September 1992
5 m awayRef 199243N066092
Slight
Honda crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 25 January 2002
5 m awayRef 200243N290012
Serious
Car crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 30 March 1985
5 m awayRef 198543A143035
Slight
Hyundai Atoz crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 19 January 2002
5 m awayRef 200243N296012
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 27 February 1990
5 m awayRef 199043A123020
Slight
Seat Toledo crash on the A404 in Buckinghamshire, 3 February 1996
9 m awayRef 199643N099026
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- 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 2023430276319 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.