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B480 crash in South Oxfordshire on 18 January 1994 at 19:00 involving a Volkswagen Motor Caravan minibus

A Volkswagen Motor Caravan minibus, a Renault 11 and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B480 in South Oxfordshire at 19:00 on Tuesday 18 January 1994. The 41-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Motor Caravan minibus, a 44-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra and a 14-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jan 1994
Tuesday, 19:00
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Motor Caravan and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66667, longitude -1.07197, in the OX44 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199443P092014
Council area
South Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
480
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Raining, 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 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Motor Caravan

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,584 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 11

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years
    Engine capacity
    157 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Motor Caravan)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199443P092014 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 1994.