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Unclassified road crash in Oxford OX1 on 17 January 2015 at 15:21 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus and a Mazda 6 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Oxford at 15:21 on Saturday 17 January 2015. The 42-year-old male driver of the Mercedes bus and a 5-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 2015
Saturday, 15:21
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Mazda 6
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.75104, longitude -1.2615, in the OX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Carfax & Jericho, Oxford, OX1 3HZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Oxford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201543P141015
Council area
Oxford
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
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 2014.

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
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    6,370 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South West
    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
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,798 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 5, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 201543P141015 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oxford road accident statistics for 2015.