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Unclassified road crash in the Vale of White Horse OX14 on 8 December 2014 at 11:35 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of White Horse at 11:35 on Monday 8 December 2014. A 76-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2014
Monday, 11:35
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.6747, longitude -1.27551, in the OX14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abingdon-on-Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abingdon Abbey Northcourt, Vale of White Horse, OX14 2HF area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201443P082124
Council area
Vale of White Horse
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    6,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 76, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 201443P082124 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 2014.