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Fatal A40 crash in Buckinghamshire on 5 December 2025 at 17:28 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the A40 in Buckinghamshire at 17:28 on Friday 5 December 2025. An 87-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
5 Dec 2025
Friday, 17:28
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59143, longitude -0.57594, in the SL9 postcode district. The location was in the former Chiltern district.

Map of where the crash happened in Buckinghamshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025430619600
Council area
Buckinghamshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    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
    Journey purpose
    Personal business or leisure
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 87, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 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 2025430619600 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 2025.