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B471 crash in South Oxfordshire on 12 April 1985 at 23:59 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B471 in South Oxfordshire at 23:59 on Friday 12 April 1985. A 10-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 1985
Friday, 23:59
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.53414, longitude -1.07207, in the RG8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198543E040045
Council area
South Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
471
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 March 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, 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 198543E040045 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 1985.