Serious B4016 crash in South Oxfordshire on 19 December 2012 at 13:24 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Five vehicles, including two Vauxhall Corsas and a car, were involved in a crash on the B4016 in South Oxfordshire at 13:24 on Wednesday 19 December 2012. A 19-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 19-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 19 Dec 2012
- Wednesday, 13:24
- Vehicles
- 5
- Vauxhall Corsa and 4 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.61674, longitude -1.22305, in the OX11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Didcot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201243P238122
- 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
- 4016
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 January 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the B4016 in South Oxfordshire, 10 January 1984
22 m awayRef 198443F032014
Serious
Car crash on the B4016 in South Oxfordshire, 15 January 1984
40 m awayRef 198443F035014
Serious
Car crash on the B4016 in South Oxfordshire, 23 March 1987
41 m awayRef 198743F052037
Serious
Austin Mini crash on the B4016 in South Oxfordshire, 28 August 1993
70 m awayRef 199343U087083
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4016 in South Oxfordshire, 13 January 1992
91 m awayRef 199243U032012
Slight
Car crash on the B4016 in South Oxfordshire, 14 May 1982
91 m awayRef 198243F026052
Vehicles involved (5)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 4: BMW 1 Series
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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 5: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 201243P238122 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.