Review of Video Frames from Oxford & McNay Collision In London Ontario

Those not accustomed to analysing the results of serious collisions were impressed with watching the video from a surveillance camera showing a collision that occurred at the intersection of Oxford Street and McNay Street in London, Ontario that occurred on the morning of March 24, 2025. Such videos are commonplace now as more roadways are covered by various video installations. The unusual aspect of this collision is that the offending driver was approaching a T-intersection at high speed and the traffic signal for his direction of travel was red. Even if the collision had not occurred the offending vehicle would have travelled through a chain-link fence and onto the grounds of the Blessed Sacrament Catholic School located on the south side of the intersection.

The four frames below were pulled from the video of a surveillance camera showing how the vehicles came together at impact.

This was a relatively severe collision as evidenced by the crush to the front end of the offending southbound pick-up truck and similar crush to the driver’s side of the other, eastbound pick-up.

At this early point-in-time no mention has been made why the southbound pick-up truck was travelling at high speed toward an intersection where his roadway came to an end. One viewer commented that the driver was known to travel at high speeds in the neighbourhood but it does not explain why the speeding would occur at a point where there was no where to go.

Modern motor vehicles are equipped with event data recorders, cameras and a variety of other on-board modules which can provide detailed information about how a collision occurred. Even so, defects in the complex “computerizations” of vehicular electronics can be hidden. As much as more details are available there are also more complex systems which can hide other details.

The view of many is that police should be allowed the time to complete an investigation before providing any further comment. But that is not the case. In almost every collision that occurs in the vicinity police never reveal the details of what occurred and why it occurred. This is particularly important when innocent citizens are involved, some of whom are injured or killed, with any closure to family and friends.