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Fatal A41 crash in Cherwell on 27 December 1990 at 11:10 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion hit a pedestrian on the A41 in Cherwell at 11:10 on Thursday 27 December 1990. A 76-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Dec 1990
Thursday, 11:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.9007, longitude -1.15392, in the OX26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bicester.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199043B105120
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 76, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

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

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 199043B105120 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 1990.