Old images of High Wycombe plane, lorry and car crashes resurface

All from our huge archive, the images you will see show the aftermath of some of the worst accidents to have ever taken place in Buckinghamshire.

They range from incidents involving planes crashing near Marlow Hill within High Wycombe, cars smashing into pubs, and vehicles colliding within the town.

All the photos are from the early 1900s to the mid-1980s, and you may see some people you might recognise in these images.

Please note, some of the photographs are quite graphic so reader discretion is advised.

Image One: In December 1961, a milk float skidded on an icy road, lost control down an embankment, and crashed into a house in Deeds Grove within High Wycombe.

This accident happened in December 1961 (Image: SWOP)

Image Two: A man surveying a lorry involved in an accident on Oxford Road, near Brook Street in High Wycombe in February 1960.

One of the many accidents that have happened in High Wycombe. This occurred in February 1960. (Image: SWOP)

Image Three: An Austin Seven on its side following a massive accident on Desborough Avenue in July 1955.

This happened in Desborough Avenue back in July 1955. (Image: SWOP)

Image Four: An elevated view of a burnt-out bus and lorry after a collision at the junction of Oakridge Road and Green Street in High Wycombe in April 1939.

In April 1939, a bus and a lorry crashed into one another at the junction of Oakridge Road and Green Street in High Wycombe (SWOP) (Image: SWOP)

Image Five: In April 1957, onlookers and police stand around a glider that crashed onto the western embankment of Marlow Hill in High Wycombe.

Bystanders and the police stand around a crashed glider onto the western embankment of Marlow Hill in High Wycombe in April 1957 (Image: SWOP)

Image Six: The aftermath of an accident involving a tanker running out of control and overturning at the junction with Easton Street in High Wycombe in November 1958.

In November 1958, a tanker lost the control and overturned at the junction of Easter Street in High Wycombe (SWOP) (Image: SWOP)

Image Seven: A written-off car across the railway line after it had been struck by a train. This happened near Donkey Lane in Bourne End, Wooburn in December 1986.

In Bourne End, Wooburn back in December 1986, a car was hit by a train near Donkey Lane (SWOP) (Image: In Bourne End, Wooburn back in December 1986, a car was hit by a train near Donkey Lane (SWOP))

Image Eight: The aftermath of an accident where an armoured car crashed into the front of the Mason's Arms in Newland Street in High Wycombe in March 1954.

An armoured car goes into the front of the Mason's Arms on High Wycombe's Newland Street in March 1954 (SWOP) (Image: SWOP)

Image Nine: View of a car with extensive frontal damage from which a man is being removed on a stretcher near West Wycombe. This happened in April 1960.

A man is seen being removed on a stretcher near West Wycombe following an accident in April 1960 (SWOP) (Image: SWOP)

Image Ten: A crashed car with a number of men and two women standing around on Chorley Road in West Wycombe from 1908.

Pictured in 1908, a number of men and two women stand around the scene of an accident near Chorley Road, West Wycombe (SWOP) (Image: SWOP)

Image Eleven: A tanker that ran out of control down Amersham Hill and overturned after colliding with other vehicles. This happened on Crendon Street in High Wycombe back Nov 1958.

Pictured in November 1958, a tanker is seen on its side after smashing into several vehicles on Amersham Hill near Crendon Street (SWOP) (Image: SWOP)

Image Tweleve: View of an aircraft that crash landed in Booker in April 1955.

In April 1955, a plane crash landed on a road in Booker near High Wycombe (SWOP) (Image: SWOP)

Image Thirteen: The outcome after a car collided with temporary wooden barriers at the (then) end of the M40 motorway in High Wycombe. This happened in July 1968.

This accident happened in July 1968 at the end of the M40 in High Wycombe (SWOP) (Image: This accident happened in July 1968 at the end of the M40 in High Wycombe (SWOP))