A34 crash in Cherwell on 16 December 2011 at 13:35 involving a Hyundai Amica
Four vehicles, including a Hyundai Amica and a Ford Focus, were involved in a crash on the A34 in Cherwell at 13:35 on Friday 16 December 2011. The 20-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Amica and the 20-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2011
- Friday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 4
- Hyundai Amica and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.83157, longitude -1.25521, in the OX5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Launton and Otmoor, Cherwell, OX5 2PW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201143P307121
- Council area
- Cherwell
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2014.
Slight
Daewoo Lanos crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 27 May 2014
3 m awayRef 201443P286054
Slight
Mitsubishi Lancer crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 14 October 2011
10 m awayRef 201143P133101
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 10 August 2004
14 m awayRef 200443P101084
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 26 April 2005
14 m awayRef 200543P385045
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 15 September 2012
20 m awayRef 201243P167092
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 11 August 2019
28 m awayRef 2019430250218
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Amica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 4: Lexus IS200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Amica)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Nissan Micra)
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 201143P307121 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cherwell road accident statistics for 2011.