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Serious unclassified road crash in the Vale of White Horse OX14 on 19 December 1979 at 00:05 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of White Horse at 00:05 on Wednesday 19 December 1979. A 37-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1, a 60-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and the male driver of vehicle 1 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 1979
Wednesday, 00:05
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66334, longitude -1.29151, in the OX14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abingdon-on-Thames.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943H063129
Council area
Vale of White Horse
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2020.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 197943H063129 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 1979.