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Serious A41 crash in Cherwell on 21 December 1989 at 16:55 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A41 in Cherwell at 16:55 on Thursday 21 December 1989. The 44-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1989
Thursday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88204, longitude -1.13437, in the OX26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198943B129129
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198943B129129 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cherwell road accident statistics for 1989.