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Unclassified road crash in Reading RG30 on 15 April 1986 at 08:15 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Reading at 08:15 on Tuesday 15 April 1986. The 21-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Apr 1986
Tuesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45078, longitude -1.01677, 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
198643E034046
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198643E034046 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 1986.