Serious A4129 crash in Buckinghamshire on 12 May 2024 at 16:05 involving a Hyundai Tucson
A Hyundai Tucson and a Volkswagen UP were involved in a crash on the A4129 in Buckinghamshire at 16:05 on Sunday 12 May 2024. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 May 2024
- Sunday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Tucson and Volkswagen UP
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.7532, longitude -0.89481, in the HP17 postcode district. The location was in the former Aylesbury Vale district.
Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024430220188
- Council area
- Buckinghamshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4129
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 72 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 June 2025.
Serious
Peugeot 208 crash on the A4129 in Buckinghamshire, 29 June 2025
72 m awayRef 2025430323729
Slight
Leyland DAF 400 crash on the A4129 in Buckinghamshire, 6 April 1994
76 m awayRef 199443N019044
Slight
Honda crash on the A4129 in Buckinghamshire, 20 August 2003
160 m awayRef 200343N320083
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4129 in Buckinghamshire, 11 August 1996
267 m awayRef 199643N046086
Slight
Citroen BX crash on an unclassified road in Buckinghamshire, 30 December 1990
419 m awayRef 199043A142120
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on an unclassified road in Buckinghamshire, 20 February 2008
423 m awayRef 200843N172028
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Tucson
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen UP
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Telegraph or electricity pole
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Tucson)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
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 2024430220188 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 2024.