B4450 crash in West Oxfordshire on 2 January 2016 at 17:44 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Volvo V60 were involved in a crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire at 17:44 on Saturday 2 January 2016. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 56-year-old female driver of the Volvo V60 and a 58-year-old male passenger in the Volvo V60 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jan 2016
- Saturday, 17:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Volvo V60
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92823, longitude -1.57537, in the OX7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201643P009016
- Council area
- West Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4450
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 May 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 9 May 2014
4 m awayRef 201443P105054
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 6 December 2008
7 m awayRef 200843P076128
Serious
Hyundai Amica crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 28 November 2007
7 m awayRef 200743P379117
Slight
Volvo crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 17 October 2005
16 m awayRef 200543P199105
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 30 October 1992
16 m awayRef 199243P162102
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 7 March 2000
16 m awayRef 200043P075030
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo V60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V60)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V60)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
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 201643P009016 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 2016.