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Serious A4155 crash in South Oxfordshire on 6 September 1991 at 21:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Ford Capri were involved in a crash on the A4155 in South Oxfordshire at 21:30 on Friday 6 September 1991. The 17-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Sep 1991
Friday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Ford Capri
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.48666, longitude -0.92483, in the RG4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199143M006291
Council area
South Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4155
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 15 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 199143M006291 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 1991.