A34 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 16 July 2016 at 13:35 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A34 in the Vale of White Horse at 13:35 on Saturday 16 July 2016. The 60-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series and a 29-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jul 2016
- Saturday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66854, longitude -1.31163, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201643P115076
- Council area
- Vale of White Horse
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Slip road
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1986.
Slight
Lorry crash on the A415 in the Vale of White Horse, 6 June 1986
3 m awayRef 198643F017066
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A415 in the Vale of White Horse, 4 April 2012
3 m awayRef 201243P016042
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A34 in the Vale of White Horse, 12 March 2015
3 m awayRef 201543P146035
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A34 in the Vale of White Horse, 18 July 2019
4 m awayRef 2019430223795
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the A34 in the Vale of White Horse, 7 January 2020
4 m awayRef 2020430008986
Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the A34 in the Vale of White Horse, 19 January 2016
4 m awayRef 201643P153016
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 201643P115076 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 2016.