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Serious unclassified road crash in the Vale of White Horse OX14 on 24 July 2017 at 10:30 involving a mobility scooter

A mobility scooter and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of White Horse at 10:30 on Monday 24 July 2017. The 80-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and the 97-year-old male rider of the mobility scooter was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Jul 2017
Monday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Mobility scooter and bicycle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66271, longitude -1.2935, in the OX14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abingdon-on-Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abingdon Caldecott, Vale of White Horse, OX14 5LQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017430227618
Council area
Vale of White Horse
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
Urban
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 81 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 January 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    97 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 97, mobility scooter rider, on vehicle 1 (Mobility scooter)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 80, 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 2017430227618 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 2017.