Fatal B4450 crash in West Oxfordshire on 6 September 2025 at 16:24 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire at 16:24 on Saturday 6 September 2025. The 48-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 6 Sep 2025
- Saturday, 16:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90396, longitude -1.60537, in the OX7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Oxfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025430456973
- Council area
- West Oxfordshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Oxfordshire
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4450
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 230 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 April 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 25 April 1981
230 m awayRef 198143G052041
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 12 January 1994
286 m awayRef 199443P052014
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 31 October 2011
308 m awayRef 201143P310101
Serious
Aprilia crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 7 July 2000
379 m awayRef 200043P181070
Fatal
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 13 March 2003
392 m awayRef 200343P149033
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the B4450 in West Oxfordshire, 18 October 2000
395 m awayRef 200043P323100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2025430456973 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Oxfordshire road accident statistics for 2025.