Fatal B4017 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 3 June 2018 at 16:15 involving a bicycle
A bicycle crashed on the B4017 in the Vale of White Horse at 16:15 on Sunday 3 June 2018. The 69-year-old male cyclist was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 3 Jun 2018
- Sunday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.66138, longitude -1.29903, 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 Fitzharris, Vale of White Horse, OX14 1TZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the Vale of White Horse
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430167560
- 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
- B
- First road number
- 4017
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 July 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B4017 in the Vale of White Horse, 4 July 1986
6 m awayRef 198643F017076
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of White Horse, 24 September 1981
6 m awayRef 198143H058091
Slight
Kawasaki EX250 crash on the B4017 in the Vale of White Horse, 27 March 2018
6 m awayRef 2018430100068
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B4017 in the Vale of White Horse, 11 May 2001
6 m awayRef 200143P226051
Slight
Car crash on the B4017 in the Vale of White Horse, 21 November 1985
6 m awayRef 198543H056115
Serious
Honda CB100N crash on the B4017 in the Vale of White Horse, 28 April 1990
6 m awayRef 199043F108040
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
FatalMale, aged 69, on vehicle 1 (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 2018430167560 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 2018.