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Fatal A4183 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 8 September 2007 at 15:12 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a Skoda Octavia were involved in a crash on the A4183 in the Vale of White Horse at 15:12 on Saturday 8 September 2007. A 76-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny was killed and the 87-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny and the 65-year-old female driver of the Skoda Octavia were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Sep 2007
Saturday, 15:12
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and Skoda Octavia
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.69364, longitude -1.26919, in the OX14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abingdon Dunmore, Vale of White Horse, OX14 2JD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200743P113097
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
4183
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 November 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    87 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Octavia)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200743P113097 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 2007.