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B480 crash in Oxford on 20 December 2007 at 18:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B480 in Oxford at 18:30 on Thursday 20 December 2007. The 42-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo, an 18-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo and a 10-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 2007
Thursday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72533, longitude -1.19267, in the OX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackbird Leys, Oxford, OX4 6AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Oxford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200743P333127
Council area
Oxford
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
480
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200743P333127 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oxford road accident statistics for 2007.