A4260 crash in Cherwell on 24 October 2014 at 15:03 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two cars, a Ford Fiesta and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A4260 in Cherwell at 15:03 on Friday 24 October 2014. The 19-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was 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
- 24 Oct 2014
- Friday, 15:03
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03729, longitude -1.32138, in the OX15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bodicote. It is one of the crashes that make up the Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote, Cherwell, OX15 4DE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201443P290104
- Council area
- Cherwell
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4260
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 November 1984.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A41 in Cherwell, 12 November 1984
29 m awayRef 198443G040114
Slight
MZ crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 3 November 1991
38 m awayRef 199143F011721
Slight
Van crash on the A41 in Cherwell, 11 January 1985
51 m awayRef 198543G022015
Serious
Piaggio X9 crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 26 August 2009
51 m awayRef 200943P284089
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 19 December 1996
54 m awayRef 199643P094126
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 10 December 1995
65 m awayRef 199543P041125
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 71 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 201443P290104 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cherwell road accident statistics for 2014.