A417 crash in the Vale of White Horse on 25 December 2024 at 11:22 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis, a Peugeot 208 and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A417 in the Vale of White Horse at 11:22 on Wednesday 25 December 2024. The 48-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 208 and the 62-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2024
- Wednesday, 11:22
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Avensis and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.59339, longitude -1.43103, in the OX12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wantage. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wantage Charlton, Vale of White Horse, OX12 7AG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024430622684
- 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
- 417
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1987.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of White Horse, 24 December 1987
4 m awayRef 198743F094127
Serious
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of White Horse, 3 May 1991
4 m awayRef 199143O003281
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of White Horse, 6 February 1992
10 m awayRef 199243U016022
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A417 in the Vale of White Horse, 23 August 2007
13 m awayRef 200743P295087
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the A417 in the Vale of White Horse, 3 December 2024
14 m awayRef 2024430584111
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in the Vale of White Horse, 4 September 1986
26 m awayRef 198643F007096
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,240 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2024430622684 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.