Police appeal for witnesses after a man is seriously injured in a road accident on well-used short cut between Oxford and Banbury

Police have appealed for witnesses to an accident in which a young man was seriously injured

Police investigating a serious accident on a short-cut between Oxford and Banbury have appealed for dash cam footage.

The appeal for witnesses was made yesterday after the serious injury collision in Islip on Monday, May 30.

At around 1.40pm that day a blue Ford Focus was travelling from Oxford towards Islip on the B4027 Wheatley Road when it left the road and collided with a tree.

The driver a man in his late twenties, was taken to the John Radcliffe hospital with a serious head injury, where he remains.

Investigating Dean O’Dell, of the Joint Operations Roads Policing Unit, said: “We are appealing for witnesses following this collision.

“If anyone has dash-cam footage or witnessed this incident we would please ask them to come forward.

“They can report online or by calling 101 quoting reference 43220236079.”

Islip is a commonly used cut-through from the A4260 Banbury to Oxford Road for motorists wanting to bypass Kidlington or to reach Headington.