A44 crash in Cherwell on 4 August 2015 at 16:05 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A44 in Cherwell at 16:05 on Tuesday 4 August 2015. The 51-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Aug 2015
- Tuesday, 16:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80376, longitude -1.29651, in the OX5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yarnton.
Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201543P040085
- 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
- 44
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dry
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2011.
Slight
Land Rover Range Rover crash on the A44 in Cherwell, 3 October 2011
6 m awayRef 201143P209101
Slight
Volkswagen 1200 crash on the A44 in Cherwell, 6 April 2005
6 m awayRef 200543P050045
Slight
Citroen C15 crash on the A44 in Cherwell, 30 November 2005
6 m awayRef 200543P462115
Slight
MG ZR crash on the A44 in Cherwell, 7 December 2001
6 m awayRef 200143P120121
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A44 in Cherwell, 8 November 2002
6 m awayRef 200243P100112
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A44 in Cherwell, 26 May 2011
6 m awayRef 201143P258051
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 201543P040085 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 2015.