Aylesbury car crash causes heavy delays in the centre of the town

A close up of the car involved (Image: NQ)

In the evening of Thursday, December 1, the emergency services were called to Walton Street within the town, as a blue Citroen C1 had smashed into the metal railing in the centre of the road.

Several police cars were at the scene on December 1 (Image: NQ)

A source close to the Free Press, who was walking past the crash site at the time, revealed that the vehicle in question and the railing had been ‘badly damaged on impact’, and that ‘the car was facing the incorrect way on a two-lane one-way road.’

The accident caused several traffic jams in Aylesbury (Image: NQ)

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When asked about the collision, they said: “It looked serious and frightening.”

The car involved in the crash (Image: NQ)

Upon arriving, the authorities blocked off the rest of Walton Street which would have taken motorists to the centre of Aylesbury.

Traffic on Stoke Road in the town (Image: NQ)

This caused numerous tailbacks as drivers were stuck on the Mandeville, Stoke, Old Stoke, Walton, and Wendover Roads respectively, which are all connected. 

The five roads are all connected and numerous tailbacks were created from the crash (Image: NQ)

Walton Street was reopened several hours later.