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Serious A4142 crash in Oxford on 5 December 1994 at 08:31 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A4142 in Oxford at 08:31 on Monday 5 December 1994. A 29-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Volvo lorry was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1994
Monday, 08:31
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72442, longitude -1.22468, in the OX4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Oxford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199443P025124
Council area
Oxford
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4142
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
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 2 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo)

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

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 199443P025124 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 1994.