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Unclassified road crash in Cherwell OX17 on 28 March 2018 at 10:40 involving a Scania bus

A car and a Scania bus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Cherwell at 10:40 on Wednesday 28 March 2018. An 89-year-old female passenger in the Scania bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Mar 2018
Wednesday, 10:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01652, longitude -1.31301, in the OX17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Adderbury and Twyford.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018430100192
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    9,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 89, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Scania)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing passenger

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 2018430100192 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 2018.