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Unclassified road crash in Cherwell OX25 on 23 January 1992 at 22:55 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cherwell at 22:55 on Thursday 23 January 1992. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Jan 1992
Thursday, 22:55
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.84658, longitude -1.11734, in the OX25 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199243P097012
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

    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 199243P097012 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 1992.