A34 crash in Cherwell on 24 March 2017 at 15:42 involving a Jaguar F-Pace
Six vehicles, including a Jaguar F-Pace and a Toyota RAV4, were involved in a crash on the A34 in Cherwell at 15:42 on Friday 24 March 2017. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Jaguar F-Pace, the 20-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Mar 2017
- Friday, 15:42
- Vehicles
- 6
- Jaguar F-Pace and 5 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80734, longitude -1.27217, in the OX5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kidlington East, Cherwell, OX5 2PE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430094725
- 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
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2018.
Slight
Triumph Tiger crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 19 August 2018
5 m awayRef 2018430254965
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 16 June 2011
11 m awayRef 201143P195061
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 23 March 2024
17 m awayRef 2024430134998
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 28 December 2018
32 m awayRef 2018430060426
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 65 crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 20 September 2000
48 m awayRef 200043P334090
Slight
Renault crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 3 February 1998
57 m awayRef 199843P011028
Vehicles involved (6)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar F-Pace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Audi Q3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 5: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 6: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar F-Pace)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2017430094725 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.