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A4142 crash in Oxford on 2 May 2020 at 20:20 involving a car

A car crashed on the A4142 in Oxford at 20:20 on Saturday 2 May 2020. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 May 2020
Saturday, 20:20
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.72526, longitude -1.20857, in the OX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oxford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Blackbird Leys, Oxford, OX4 6AE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Oxford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020430137684
Council area
Oxford
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4142
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2020430137684 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Oxford road accident statistics for 2020.