Skip to main content
CrashStats

Serious B4493 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 9 October 1982 at 05:00 involving a car

A vehicle and a car were involved in a crash on the B4493 in the Vale of White Horse at 05:00 on Saturday 9 October 1982. The 24-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Oct 1982
Saturday, 05:00
Vehicles
2
Vehicle and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60176, longitude -1.29348, in the OX11 postcode district.

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

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198243F033102
Council area
Vale of White Horse
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4493
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1

    Vehicle type not recorded

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198243F033102 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 1982.