A422 crash in Cherwell on 27 March 2017 at 18:21 involving a BMW 3 Series
A car, a BMW 3 Series and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A422 in Cherwell at 18:21 on Monday 27 March 2017. The 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 43-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 2017
- Monday, 18:21
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07222, longitude -1.31904, in the OX16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Banbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown, Cherwell, OX16 3HY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430099252
- 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
- 422
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2004.
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A422 in Cherwell, 25 August 2004
7 m awayRef 200443P324084
Slight
Foden crash on the A422 in Cherwell, 16 March 2006
10 m awayRef 200643P242036
Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the A422 in Cherwell, 18 September 2017
12 m awayRef 2017430288846
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A422 in Cherwell, 25 August 2007
12 m awayRef 200743P320087
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A422 in Cherwell, 5 November 2005
12 m awayRef 200543P116115
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A422 in Cherwell, 1 September 2013
13 m awayRef 201343P002093
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017430099252 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.