A329 crash in Reading on 17 January 1985 at 20:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A329 in Reading at 20:10 on Thursday 17 January 1985. A 22-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 and a 20-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 1985
- Thursday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45499, longitude -0.96257, in the RG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198543E041015
- Council area
- Reading
- Police force
- Thames Valley
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 329
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 479
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 July 1981.
Serious
Car crash on the A329 in Reading, 19 July 1981
At the same spotRef 198143E050071
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A329 in Reading, 3 March 2002
At the same spotRef 200243W068032
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A329 in Reading, 2 July 1996
At the same spotRef 199643W006076
Slight
Metrocab Metrocab crash on the A329 in Reading, 15 January 2005
At the same spotRef 200543W242015
Slight
Jaguar XE Series crash on the A329 in Reading, 20 March 2023
2 m awayRef 2023430123419
Slight
Kawasaki ZX400 crash on the A329 in Reading, 5 December 2008
10 m awayRef 200843W040128
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 198543E041015 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 1985.