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C road crash in Oxford OX3 on 27 September 1991 at 22:00 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo 340 were involved in a crash on a C road in Oxford at 22:00 on Friday 27 September 1991. A 45-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Sep 1991
Friday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Volvo 340
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.76396, longitude -1.19445, in the OX3 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
199143D009931
Council area
Oxford
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 December 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199143D009931 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 1991.