A34 crash in Cherwell on 28 June 2018 at 08:59 involving a Volkswagen Crafter van
A Volkswagen Crafter van and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A34 in Cherwell at 08:59 on Thursday 28 June 2018. The 27-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Jun 2018
- Thursday, 08:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Crafter and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85391, longitude -1.22252, in the OX25 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Launton and Otmoor, Cherwell, OX25 3QQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430198410
- Council area
- Cherwell
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 December 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in Cherwell, 25 December 1979
19 m awayRef 197943G057129
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 23 October 1992
47 m awayRef 199243P104102
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 10 March 1999
50 m awayRef 199943P165039
Slight
Lorry crash on the A43 in Cherwell, 8 September 1981
52 m awayRef 198143G018091
Slight
MAN crash on the A34 in Cherwell, 11 May 2005
54 m awayRef 200543P101055
Slight
Car crash on the A43 in Cherwell, 5 December 1987
55 m awayRef 198743B007127
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Crafter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018430198410 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.