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A44 crash in Oxford on 27 December 1998 at 14:02 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird and a Volkswagen Beetle were involved in a crash on the A44 in Oxford at 14:02 on Sunday 27 December 1998. A female passenger in the Nissan Bluebird was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 1998
Sunday, 14:02
Vehicles
2
Nissan Bluebird and Volkswagen Beetle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78916, longitude -1.28186, in the OX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford.

Map of where the crash happened in Oxford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199843P486128
Council area
Oxford
Police force
Thames Valley
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
44
Road type
Dual 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
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,285 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199843P486128 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oxford road accident statistics for 1998.