B480 crash in South Oxfordshire on 4 July 2019 at 19:05 involving a van
A van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B480 in South Oxfordshire at 19:05 on Thursday 4 July 2019. The 56-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2019
- Thursday, 19:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.70529, longitude -1.15823, in the OX44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019430322540
- 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
- 480
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2025.
Slight
Kawasaki ZX crash on the B480 in South Oxfordshire, 22 August 2025
11 m awayRef 2025430430849
Slight
Car crash on the B480 in South Oxfordshire, 20 June 1986
23 m awayRef 198643B081066
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B480 in South Oxfordshire, 27 December 2007
29 m awayRef 200743P337127
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B480 in South Oxfordshire, 20 May 1996
56 m awayRef 199643P067056
Serious
Car crash on the B480 in South Oxfordshire, 8 July 1979
70 m awayRef 197943H028079
Serious
Car crash on the B480 in South Oxfordshire, 28 August 1979
70 m awayRef 197943H062089
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 56, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019430322540 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.