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A4142 crash in Oxford on 19 March 1990 at 19:30 involving an MG Metro

An MG Metro and a Vauxhall Carlton were involved in a crash on the A4142 in Oxford at 19:30 on Monday 19 March 1990. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Carlton was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Mar 1990
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
MG Metro and Vauxhall Carlton
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73791, longitude -1.19723, in the OX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford.

Map of where the crash happened in Oxford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199043B060030
Council area
Oxford
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4142
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)

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 199043B060030 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 1990.