A4260 crash in Cherwell on 3 February 2017 at 17:44 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A4260 in Cherwell at 17:44 on Friday 3 February 2017. The 37-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2017
- Friday, 17:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06097, longitude -1.33159, in the OX16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Banbury Cross and Neithrop, Cherwell, OX16 5JJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430041107
- Council area
- Cherwell
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4260
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 27 October 2024.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 27 October 2024
1 m awayRef 2024430518805
Slight
Volvo V50 crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 30 January 2015
2 m awayRef 201543P302015
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 7 December 1998
3 m awayRef 199843P100128
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 10 October 2014
4 m awayRef 201443P255104
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 11 May 2013
4 m awayRef 201343P077053
Slight
Lexmoto FMX 125 crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 8 July 2016
4 m awayRef 201643P104076
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- 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 2017430041107 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cherwell road accident statistics for 2017.