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Fatal A4260 crash in West Oxfordshire on 15 October 2018 at 18:33 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4260 in West Oxfordshire at 18:33 on Monday 15 October 2018. The 63-year-old male cyclist was killed and the 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Oct 2018
Monday, 18:33
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and bicycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86987, longitude -1.32859, in the OX5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018430315727
Council area
West Oxfordshire
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4260
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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 15 December 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 63, 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 2018430315727 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 2018.