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A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 2 October 2024 at 08:26 involving a Vauxhall Corsa

A Vauxhall Corsa hit a pedestrian on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 08:26 on Wednesday 2 October 2024. A 6-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Oct 2024
Wednesday, 08:26
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Corsa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.62666, longitude -0.7516, 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 2DB 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
2024430477104
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
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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
404

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 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 2024430477104 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.