B4449 crash in West Oxfordshire on 31 July 2020 at 08:54 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B4449 in West Oxfordshire at 08:54 on Friday 31 July 2020. A 52-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xsara, a 46-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xsara and the 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 2020
- Friday, 08:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Xsara and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.78702, longitude -1.36763, in the OX29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Eynsham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eynsham and Cassington, West Oxfordshire, OX29 4NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020430235730
- Council area
- West Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4449
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 March 2004.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4449 in West Oxfordshire, 10 March 2004
8 m awayRef 200443P102034
Serious
Austin Maestro crash on the B4449 in West Oxfordshire, 28 August 1991
15 m awayRef 199143Q007431
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B4449 in West Oxfordshire, 15 May 2001
16 m awayRef 200143P197051
Slight
Car crash on the B4449 in West Oxfordshire, 23 January 1994
22 m awayRef 199443U103014
Slight
Car crash on the B4449 in West Oxfordshire, 19 June 2000
26 m awayRef 200043P175060
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4449 in West Oxfordshire, 24 April 2014
32 m awayRef 201443P216044
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020430235730 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 2020.