A423 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 10 June 2005 at 12:03 involving a Mercedes 300
A Mercedes 300 and a Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A423 in the Vale of White Horse at 12:03 on Friday 10 June 2005. The 48-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson FLS motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Jun 2005
- Friday, 12:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes 300 and Harley-Davidson FLS
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72766, longitude -1.26025, in the OX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Boars Hill. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hinksey Park, Oxford, OX1 4XP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200543P147065
- Council area
- Vale of White Horse
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 423
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 34
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2005.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A423 in the Vale of White Horse, 14 June 2005
At the same spotRef 200543P175065
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A423 in the Vale of White Horse, 13 October 1985
10 m awayRef 198543H036105
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A423 in the Vale of White Horse, 20 June 2012
10 m awayRef 201243P224062
Slight
Car crash on the A423 in the Vale of White Horse, 22 October 1985
10 m awayRef 198543H064105
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A423 in the Vale of White Horse, 25 June 2010
10 m awayRef 201043P332060
Slight
Car crash on the A423 in the Vale of White Horse, 30 July 1984
10 m awayRef 198443H087074
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,962 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson FLS
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,450 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson FLS)
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 200543P147065 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 2005.