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Serious A4165 crash in Cherwell on 7 April 1994 at 09:30 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A van and a Vauxhall Chevette were involved in a crash on the A4165 in Cherwell at 09:30 on Thursday 7 April 1994. The 77-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Chevette was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 Apr 1994
Thursday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Van and Vauxhall Chevette
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80351, longitude -1.27554, in the OX2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199443P040044
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4165
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
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 10 October 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Chevette)

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 199443P040044 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 1994.