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Serious unclassified road crash in West Berkshire RG18 on 2 March 1979 at 09:54 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Berkshire at 09:54 on Friday 2 March 1979. The 84-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and an 83-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Mar 1979
Friday, 09:54
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43185, longitude -1.26892, in the RG18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cold Ash.

Map of where the crash happened in West Berkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197943F004039
Council area
West Berkshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    84 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 197943F004039 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Berkshire road accident statistics for 1979.