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M40 crash in Cherwell on 28 September 1996 at 06:29 involving a Renault lorry

A Renault lorry crashed on the M40 in Cherwell at 06:29 on Saturday 28 September 1996. The 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Sep 1996
Saturday, 06:29
Vehicles
1
Renault
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02707, longitude -1.29744, in the OX17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199643P144096
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
40
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    9,800 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Renault)

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 199643P144096 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.