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Fatal M4 crash in Wokingham on 1 February 1985 at 22:24 involving a lorry

A lorry hit a pedestrian on the M4 in Wokingham at 22:24 on Friday 1 February 1985. A 64-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Feb 1985
Friday, 22:24
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41207, longitude -0.95922, in the RG2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198543E001025
Council area
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 64, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 198543E001025 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wokingham road accident statistics for 1985.