B4493 crash in South Oxfordshire on 28 September 2005 at 08:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire at 08:05 on Wednesday 28 September 2005. The 36-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 2005
- Wednesday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60491, longitude -1.2582, in the OX11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Didcot. It is one of the crashes that make up the Didcot South, South Oxfordshire, OX11 6JL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200543P308095
- Council area
- South Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4493
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire, 4 October 2003
At the same spotRef 200343P127103
Slight
Car crash on the A4130 in South Oxfordshire, 1 May 1980
10 m awayRef 198043F008050
Slight
Audi 100 crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire, 19 June 1992
10 m awayRef 199243U068062
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire, 21 February 1993
10 m awayRef 199343U054023
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4130 in South Oxfordshire, 7 March 1980
10 m awayRef 198043F019030
Serious
Keeway RK 125 crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire, 24 November 2020
14 m awayRef 2020430392843
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200543P308095 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 2005.