B4493 crash in South Oxfordshire on 22 February 2025 at 11:30 involving a Mercedes GLC Class
A Mercedes GLC Class and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire at 11:30 on Saturday 22 February 2025. The 40-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2025
- Saturday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes GLC Class and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.60598, longitude -1.25144, in the OX11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Didcot. It is one of the crashes that make up the Didcot West, South Oxfordshire, OX11 8RS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in South Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025430091886
- Council area
- South Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4493
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2021.
Slight
Mazda CX-3 crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire, 18 July 2021
3 m awayRef 2021430319178
Serious
Car crash on the A4130 in South Oxfordshire, 15 January 1981
4 m awayRef 198143F013011
Slight
Car crash on the A4130 in South Oxfordshire, 15 October 1980
4 m awayRef 198043F032100
Slight
Car crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire, 21 November 1985
4 m awayRef 198543F074115
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire, 25 May 1998
4 m awayRef 199843P175058
Serious
Car crash on the B4493 in South Oxfordshire, 19 November 1984
4 m awayRef 198443F049114
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes GLC Class
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
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 40, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2025430091886 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 2025.