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Serious M40 crash in Cherwell on 19 December 1998 at 17:45 involving a Volkswagen LT 35 lorry

Five vehicles, including a Volkswagen LT 35 lorry and a Volkswagen Golf, were involved in a crash on the M40 in Cherwell at 17:45 on Saturday 19 December 1998. There were ten casualties: one person was seriously injured and nine were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Dec 1998
Saturday, 17:45
Vehicles
5
Volkswagen LT 35 and 4 others
Casualties
10
1 seriously injured, 9 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97876, longitude -1.26413, in the OX27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199843P460128
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
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (5)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen LT 35

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,459 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 460

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 4: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,343 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 5: Mitsubishi Shogun

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (10)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 460)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 460)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen LT 35)

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen LT 35)

  • Casualty 7: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

  • Casualty 8: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 460)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 9: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

  • Casualty 10: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 5 (Mitsubishi Shogun)

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 199843P460128 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 1998.