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B4017 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 17 December 1994 at 18:25 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 crashed on the B4017 in the Vale of White Horse at 18:25 on Saturday 17 December 1994. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1994
Saturday, 18:25
Vehicles
1
Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73961, longitude -1.34101, in the OX2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199443P090124
Council area
Vale of White Horse
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4017
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 October 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

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 199443P090124 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 1994.