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Serious A338 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 28 July 2023 at 01:07 involving a Mazda 3

A car and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the A338 in the Vale of White Horse at 01:07 on Friday 28 July 2023. The 19-year-old male driver of the car, the 39-year-old male driver of the Mazda 3 and a 43-year-old male passenger in the Mazda 3 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jul 2023
Friday, 01:07
Vehicles
2
Car and Mazda 3
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60146, longitude -1.42284, in the OX12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Grove. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wantage & Grove Brook, Vale of White Horse, OX12 0AE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023430334750
Council area
Vale of White Horse
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
338
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)

    Home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2023430334750 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Vale of White Horse road accident statistics for 2023.