B4009 crash in South Oxfordshire on 13 July 2012 at 15:33 involving a Ford Focus
Two Ford Focus cars and a Kia Picanto were involved in a crash on the B4009 in South Oxfordshire at 15:33 on Friday 13 July 2012. The 69-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 42-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Kia Picanto were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jul 2012
- Friday, 15:33
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.64423, longitude -1.00551, in the OX49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Watlington.
Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201243P152072
- 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
- 4009
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 January 1993.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B4009 in South Oxfordshire, 23 January 1993
14 m awayRef 199343P087013
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the B4009 in South Oxfordshire, 7 April 1991
22 m awayRef 199143D004021
Slight
Car crash on the B4009 in South Oxfordshire, 9 January 1980
42 m awayRef 198043A019010
Fatal
Car crash on the B4009 in South Oxfordshire, 20 February 1988
57 m awayRef 198843A067028
Serious
Car crash on the B4009 in South Oxfordshire, 23 October 2000
57 m awayRef 200043P379100
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B4009 in South Oxfordshire, 14 April 2025
78 m awayRef 2025430181767
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Kia Picanto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Kia Picanto)
- 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 201243P152072 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 2012.