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A4 crash in Reading on 24 April 1984 at 07:00 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A4 in Reading at 07:00 on Tuesday 24 April 1984. The 20-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 and the 26-year-old male rider of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Apr 1984
Tuesday, 07:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44562, longitude -1.01242, in the RG30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading.

Map of where the crash happened in Reading

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198443E085044
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a fatal crash on 1 December 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198443E085044 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.