B4495 crash in Oxford on 4 February 2018 at 12:50 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the B4495 in Oxford at 12:50 on Sunday 4 February 2018. The 31-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Feb 2018
- Sunday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.73246, longitude -1.2175, in the OX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Temple Cowley, Oxford, OX4 3JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Oxford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430039874
- Council area
- Oxford
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4495
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 1988.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B4495 in Oxford, 19 January 1988
5 m awayRef 198843B072018
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4495 in Oxford, 14 November 1984
5 m awayRef 198443H059114
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B4495 in Oxford, 8 April 2016
6 m awayRef 201643P145046
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the B4495 in Oxford, 11 October 2024
9 m awayRef 2024430490684
Slight
Fiat Brava crash on the B4495 in Oxford, 21 September 2010
10 m awayRef 201043P197090
Slight
Car crash on the B4495 in Oxford, 9 September 2008
12 m awayRef 200843P099098
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,363 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2018430039874 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oxford road accident statistics for 2018.