Serious B481 crash in South Oxfordshire on 5 September 2019 at 10:20 involving a Vauxhall Combo
A Vauxhall Combo and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B481 in South Oxfordshire at 10:20 on Thursday 5 September 2019. The 44-year-old female cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Sep 2019
- Thursday, 10:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Combo and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51863, longitude -0.97733, in the RG4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sonning Common. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodcote & Rotherfield, South Oxfordshire, RG9 5ES area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019430274532
- Council area
- South Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 481
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B481 in South Oxfordshire, 19 January 2014
4 m awayRef 201443P237014
Slight
Car crash on the B481 in South Oxfordshire, 14 January 1983
5 m awayRef 198343E035013
Slight
Car crash on the B481 in South Oxfordshire, 16 November 1979
5 m awayRef 197943E064119
Slight
Citroen Xantia crash on the B481 in South Oxfordshire, 24 May 1995
5 m awayRef 199543P094055
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B481 in South Oxfordshire, 11 July 1979
5 m awayRef 197943E042079
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the B481 in South Oxfordshire, 7 March 1997
5 m awayRef 199743P024037
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousFemale, aged 44, 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 2019430274532 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 2019.