Unclassified road crash in Reading RG1 on 29 December 1988 at 12:30 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Reading at 12:30 on Thursday 29 December 1988. A 15-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 1988
- Thursday, 12:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45858, longitude -0.97256, 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
- 198843E105128
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 198843E105128 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 1988.