A4260 crash in Cherwell on 28 May 2017 at 11:22 involving a Ford Fiesta
Two Ford Fiestas were involved in a crash on the A4260 in Cherwell at 11:22 on Sunday 28 May 2017. The 35-year-old female driver of vehicle 2, a 9-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 1-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 May 2017
- Sunday, 11:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80874, longitude -1.27838, in the OX5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kidlington. 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
- 2017430162263
- Council area
- Cherwell
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4260
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2025.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 2 September 2025
4 m awayRef 2025430450418
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 1 November 2019
4 m awayRef 2019430345640
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 25 February 2002
7 m awayRef 200243P306022
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 15 June 2005
7 m awayRef 200543P134065
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 2 July 2001
7 m awayRef 200143P013071
Slight
MAN crash on the A4260 in Cherwell, 21 March 2009
9 m awayRef 200943P188039
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2017430162263 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.