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B4026 crash in West Oxfordshire on 30 January 1998 at 22:40 involving a Fiat Panda

A Fiat Panda crashed on the B4026 in West Oxfordshire at 22:40 on Friday 30 January 1998. A 16-year-old male passenger, a 16-year-old female passenger and a 16-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jan 1998
Friday, 22:40
Vehicles
1
Fiat Panda
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88555, longitude -1.48998, in the OX7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199843P174018
Council area
West Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4026
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 March 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199843P174018 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 1998.