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Fatal unclassified road crash in Reading RG2 on 11 November 1984 at 04:35 involving a car

A car crashed on an unclassified road in Reading at 04:35 on Sunday 11 November 1984. The 18-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Nov 1984
Sunday, 04:35
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4187, longitude -0.96727, in the RG2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading.

Map of where the crash happened in Reading

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198443E024114
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, 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 198443E024114 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reading road accident statistics for 1984.