A34 crash in Cherwell on 6 April 2015 at 16:14 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astra and a car, were involved in a crash on the A34 in Cherwell at 16:14 on Monday 6 April 2015. A 42-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Apr 2015
- Monday, 16:14
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astra and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86578, longitude -1.20357, in the OX25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Launton and Otmoor, Cherwell, OX25 2PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201543P059045
- 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
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2008.
Slight
ERF crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 14 August 2008
4 m awayRef 200843P122088
Slight
Iveco Stralis crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 23 November 2022
6 m awayRef 2022430527867
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 21 November 2025
8 m awayRef 2025430594717
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 5 August 2007
10 m awayRef 200743P034087
Slight
Car crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 9 July 2013
17 m awayRef 201343P108073
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 1 June 2012
17 m awayRef 201243P003062
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 4: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat 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 201543P059045 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.