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Serious unclassified road crash in West Oxfordshire OX7 on 5 August 2015 at 12:15 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Oxfordshire at 12:15 on Wednesday 5 August 2015. An 88-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Aug 2015
Wednesday, 12:15
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8515, longitude -1.63183, in the OX7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201543P113085
Council area
West Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 291 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    88 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 88, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 201543P113085 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 2015.