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Serious B4031 crash in Cherwell on 21 June 2025 at 17:35 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the B4031 in Cherwell at 17:35 on Saturday 21 June 2025. The 55-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 40-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were seriously injured and the 55-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Jun 2025
Saturday, 17:35
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.98137, longitude -1.37091, in the OX15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cherwell

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025430308569
Council area
Cherwell
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Oxfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4031
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    5 to 10 km

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    20 to 100 km

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from home
    5 to 10 km

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025430308569 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cherwell road accident statistics for 2025.