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B4026 crash in West Oxfordshire on 7 November 2006 at 20:15 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the B4026 in West Oxfordshire at 20:15 on Tuesday 7 November 2006. The 22-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Nov 2006
Tuesday, 20:15
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93164, longitude -1.53382, in the OX7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200643P126116
Council area
West Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4026
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,895 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 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 200643P126116 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 2006.