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Unclassified road crash in Cherwell OX26 on 23 November 1991 at 20:15 involving a Citroen BX

A Citroen BX crashed on an unclassified road in Cherwell at 20:15 on Saturday 23 November 1991. A 16-year-old male passenger, the 19-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Nov 1991
Saturday, 20:15
Vehicles
1
Citroen BX
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91079, longitude -1.169, in the OX26 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199143F012711
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen BX)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199143F012711 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 1991.