A34 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 12 March 2015 at 16:31 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and an Alfa Romeo 147 were involved in a crash on the A34 in the Vale of White Horse at 16:31 on Thursday 12 March 2015. The 30-year-old female driver of the Alfa Romeo 147 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Mar 2015
- Thursday, 16:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Alfa Romeo 147
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66862, longitude -1.31162, in the OX14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abingdon Fitzharris, Vale of White Horse, OX14 1TZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201543P146035
- Council area
- Vale of White Horse
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 415
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2016.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A34 in the Vale of White Horse, 16 July 2016
3 m awayRef 201643P115076
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A34 in the Vale of White Horse, 3 September 2025
4 m awayRef 2025430452276
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the A415 in the Vale of White Horse, 8 June 2014
4 m awayRef 201443P039064
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A415 in the Vale of White Horse, 4 April 2012
5 m awayRef 201243P016042
Slight
Lorry crash on the A415 in the Vale of White Horse, 6 June 1986
5 m awayRef 198643F017066
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A34 in the Vale of White Horse, 18 July 2019
5 m awayRef 2019430223795
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 147
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo 147)
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 201543P146035 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 2015.