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Serious A415 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 28 May 2024 at 17:05 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van hit a pedestrian on the A415 in the Vale of White Horse at 17:05 on Tuesday 28 May 2024. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 May 2024
Tuesday, 17:05
Vehicles
1
Ford Transit
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.67007, longitude -1.28296, in the OX14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Abingdon-on-Thames. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abingdon Fitzharris, Vale of White Horse, OX14 1DB area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024430249158
Council area
Vale of White Horse
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
415
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024430249158 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 2024.