A4421 crash in Cherwell on 6 May 2017 at 13:05 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A4421 in Cherwell at 13:05 on Saturday 6 May 2017. The 59-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and the 34-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2017
- Saturday, 13:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.93101, longitude -1.13012, in the OX27 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430151283
- 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
- 4421
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 55 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2002.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4421 in Cherwell, 27 May 2002
55 m awayRef 200243P386052
Fatal
Lorry crash on the A421 in Cherwell, 16 September 1983
123 m awayRef 198343G042093
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A421 in Cherwell, 16 August 1983
128 m awayRef 198343G030083
Fatal
Car crash on the A421 in Cherwell, 28 December 1979
173 m awayRef 197943G072129
Serious
Talbot crash on the A421 in Cherwell, 16 November 1992
195 m awayRef 199243P044112
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A421 in Cherwell, 4 December 1991
204 m awayRef 199143F013441
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- 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 2017430151283 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.