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A4074 crash in South Oxfordshire on 18 May 1996 at 15:00 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Nissan E24 van were involved in a crash on the A4074 in South Oxfordshire at 15:00 on Saturday 18 May 1996. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Ford Escort and a 59-year-old male passenger in the Nissan E24 van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 May 1996
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Nissan E24
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61943, longitude -1.11381, in the OX10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199643P079056
Council area
South Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4074
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
B
Second road number
4009

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan E24

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan E24)

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 199643P079056 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 1996.