A40 crash in West Oxfordshire on 4 October 2002 at 17:30 involving a Leyland bus
A Leyland bus, a Rover 400 Series and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire at 17:30 on Friday 4 October 2002. The 33-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Oct 2002
- Friday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Leyland and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78783, longitude -1.37075, in the OX29 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eynsham and Cassington, West Oxfordshire, OX29 4NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200243P039102
- Council area
- West Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 1992.
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 31 January 1992
At the same spotRef 199243U082012
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 20 July 2017
6 m awayRef 2017430220951
Fatal
Lorry crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 1 November 1986
10 m awayRef 198643F005116
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 22 May 2012
14 m awayRef 201243P211052
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 15 February 1979
20 m awayRef 197943G033029
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 5 July 2017
30 m awayRef 2017430207451
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Leyland
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,100 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)
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 200243P039102 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 2002.