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A4 crash in Reading on 4 June 1987 at 17:50 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A4 in Reading at 17:50 on Thursday 4 June 1987. A 29-year-old male pedestrian was 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
4 Jun 1987
Thursday, 17:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44492, longitude -1.01488, 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
198743E011067
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 198743E011067 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 1987.