A4095 crash in West Oxfordshire on 5 October 1985 at 20:25 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire at 20:25 on Saturday 5 October 1985. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 1985
- Saturday, 20:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82526, longitude -1.38474, in the OX29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Hanborough.
Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198543G004105
- Council area
- West Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4095
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 May 1991.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 28 May 1991
20 m awayRef 199143F005191
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 11 September 2003
30 m awayRef 200343P281093
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 27 January 1997
45 m awayRef 199743U083017
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 13 August 1998
54 m awayRef 199843P161088
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 16 May 2025
85 m awayRef 2025430240431
Slight
Bedford crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 24 January 1994
100 m awayRef 199443P126014
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 198543G004105 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 1985.