B4009 crash in West Berkshire on 19 March 1982 at 19:55 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire at 19:55 on Friday 19 March 1982. The 41-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 1982
- Friday, 19:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45337, longitude -1.27332, in the RG18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hermitage.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198243F030032
- Council area
- West Berkshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4009
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 3 May 1979
14 m awayRef 197943F004059
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 1 July 1979
14 m awayRef 197943F001079
Slight
Yamaha FZS 600 crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 2 June 2003
14 m awayRef 200343W170063
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in West Berkshire, 18 January 1982
45 m awayRef 198243F020012
Slight
Car crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 23 April 2014
57 m awayRef 201443W166044
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 29 November 2008
61 m awayRef 200843R291118
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 198243F030032 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 1982.