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Unclassified road crash in Reading RG31 on 19 July 1985 at 15:40 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Reading at 15:40 on Friday 19 July 1985. A 60-year-old female passenger in the car and a 66-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jul 1985
Friday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46032, longitude -1.05025, in the RG31 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
198543E112075
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
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198543E112075 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.