A DRIVER has appeared in court charged with causing serious injury to a woman in Abingdon.

Ian Steel, of Kilnway, Wellingborough, appeared at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday (July 30) charged with one count of causing serious injury through careless/inconsiderate driving.

The 44-year-old allegedly causing serious injury to a woman on the A420 near Abingdon on November 23 while driving in his Peugeot 2008.

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Steel has also been charged with two counts of drug driving on the same day.

He appeared in court for his first hearing and the case has now been adjourned.

The driver is next due in Oxford Crown Court on August 29 at 10am for a plea and trial preparation hearing.