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Unclassified road crash in Cherwell OX5 on 29 March 2017 at 08:47 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cherwell at 08:47 on Wednesday 29 March 2017. The 39-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 2017
Wednesday, 08:47
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.81127, longitude -1.30953, in the OX5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Yarnton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kidlington West, Cherwell, OX5 1UW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017430114399
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go 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
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    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 2017430114399 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.