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A40 crash in West Oxfordshire on 18 November 2013 at 07:20 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van, two cars and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire at 07:20 on Monday 18 November 2013. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 2, the 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Nov 2013
Monday, 07:20
Vehicles
4
Ford Transit and 3 others
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80423, longitude -1.64358, in the OX18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Burford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burford, West Oxfordshire, OX18 4QY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201343P245113
Council area
West Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
40
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

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 201343P245113 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 2013.