B480 crash in Oxford on 26 December 2012 at 16:48 involving a Honda HR-V
A vehicle and a Honda HR-V were involved in a crash on the B480 in Oxford at 16:48 on Wednesday 26 December 2012. The 42-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Dec 2012
- Wednesday, 16:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Other vehicle and Honda HR-V
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73409, longitude -1.21192, in the OX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Temple Cowley, Oxford, OX4 3JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Oxford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201243P281122
- Council area
- Oxford
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 4495
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 2003.
Slight
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the B480 in Oxford, 4 August 2003
At the same spotRef 200343P029083
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B480 in Oxford, 13 September 2004
At the same spotRef 200443P164094
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B480 in Oxford, 8 December 2003
At the same spotRef 200343P107123
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B480 in Oxford, 4 December 2000
At the same spotRef 200043P096120
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B480 in Oxford, 21 September 2005
At the same spotRef 200543P270095
Slight
Audi Coupe crash on the B480 in Oxford, 11 March 2000
At the same spotRef 200043P129030
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
Vehicle 2: Honda HR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,590 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)
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 201243P281122 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 2012.