A40 crash in West Oxfordshire on 20 July 2017 at 09:54 involving a Ford Fiesta
Four vehicles, including a Ford Fiesta and a Honda CRV, were involved in a crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire at 09:54 on Thursday 20 July 2017. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2017
- Thursday, 09:54
- Vehicles
- 4
- Ford Fiesta and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78786, longitude -1.37082, in the OX29 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eynsham and Cassington, West Oxfordshire, OX29 4NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430220951
- Council area
- West Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 40
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Raining, 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2002.
Slight
Leyland crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 4 October 2002
6 m awayRef 200243P039102
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 31 January 1992
6 m awayRef 199243U082012
Slight
Jaguar XF Series crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 22 May 2012
9 m awayRef 201243P211052
Fatal
Lorry crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 1 November 1986
16 m awayRef 198643F005116
Slight
Car crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 15 February 1979
19 m awayRef 197943G033029
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the A40 in West Oxfordshire, 5 July 2017
24 m awayRef 2017430207451
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CRV)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017430220951 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 2017.