A4095 crash in West Oxfordshire on 27 January 1997 at 17:20 involving an Austin Metro van
An Austin Metro van, a Renault Clio and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire at 17:20 on Monday 27 January 1997. The 28-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 1997
- Monday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Austin Metro and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.82508, longitude -1.38416, in the OX29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Long Hanborough.
Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199743U083017
- Council area
- West Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4095
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 2003.
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 11 September 2003
22 m awayRef 200343P281093
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 28 May 1991
28 m awayRef 199143F005191
Slight
Car crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 5 October 1985
45 m awayRef 198543G004105
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 16 May 2025
62 m awayRef 2025430240431
Slight
Bedford crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 24 January 1994
67 m awayRef 199443P126014
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A4095 in West Oxfordshire, 13 August 1998
90 m awayRef 199843P161088
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Austin Metro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 199743U083017 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 1997.