A teenager died in a head-on car crash near Bicester last night.

The 19-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene in Bucknell Road, Ardley, at about 9.30pm.

The man was a front-seat passenger in a Citroen Saxo which was in collision with a BMW 318 travelling in the opposite direction, police said.

The female driver of the BMW was taken to Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The driver of the Saxo is in a critical condition.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or has any information should call Pc David Mitchell on 0845 8 505 505 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.