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Fatal C road crash in Cherwell OX16 on 19 December 1996 at 12:20 involving a Peugeot 106

A Peugeot 106 hit a pedestrian on a C road in Cherwell at 12:20 on Thursday 19 December 1996. An 86-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Dec 1996
Thursday, 12:20
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 106
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06036, longitude -1.33324, in the OX16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199643P128126
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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 20 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 86, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)

    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 199643P128126 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 1996.