B4016 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 21 February 1985 at 17:30 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4016 in the Vale of White Horse at 17:30 on Thursday 21 February 1985. The 37-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 22-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a snow-covered single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Feb 1985
- Thursday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64407, longitude -1.2564, in the OX14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198543F037025
- Council area
- Vale of White Horse
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4016
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Snow
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 163 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 August 2025.
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the B4016 in the Vale of White Horse, 6 August 2025
163 m awayRef 2025430399827
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4016 in the Vale of White Horse, 21 January 2016
192 m awayRef 201643P213016
Slight
Nissan crash on the B4016 in the Vale of White Horse, 18 August 2015
206 m awayRef 201543P296085
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the B4016 in the Vale of White Horse, 9 January 2016
270 m awayRef 201643P089016
Slight
Car crash on the B4016 in the Vale of White Horse, 8 June 1988
273 m awayRef 198843F042068
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B4016 in the Vale of White Horse, 17 August 1980
311 m awayRef 198043F020080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 198543F037025 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 1985.