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Serious C road crash in Oxford OX3 on 20 October 1986 at 09:20 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on a C road in Oxford at 09:20 on Monday 20 October 1986. A 24-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Oct 1986
Monday, 09:20
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76593, longitude -1.23368, in the OX3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198643B091106
Council area
Oxford
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine 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 19 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198643B091106 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oxford road accident statistics for 1986.