Police today appealed for witnesses to a fatal crash near Nuneham Courtenay.

Shortly after 7.30pm last night, a blue MGF travelling southbound on the A4074 near Nuneham Courtenay was involved in a collision with a blue Vauxhall Corsa travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver of the MG, a 34-year-old man from Toot Baldon, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Corsa was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, with serious leg injuries.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or who saw the vehicles involved prior to the incident is urged to contact Sgt Pete Jell at the Road Death Investigation Unit at Bicester on 0845 8 505 505 or via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.