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Serious M4 crash in Wokingham on 4 August 1990 at 18:07 involving an Alfa Romeo Series S3

An Alfa Romeo Series S3 crashed on the M4 in Wokingham at 18:07 on Saturday 4 August 1990. A male passenger aged under 1 was seriously injured and a 3-year-old female passenger and a 34-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Aug 1990
Saturday, 18:07
Vehicles
1
Alfa Romeo Series S3
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42448, longitude -0.88142, in the RG41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sindlesham.

Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199043E014080
Council area
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
4
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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 serious injury crash on 18 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo Series S3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,351 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Series S3)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged under 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Series S3)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo Series S3)

    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 199043E014080 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wokingham road accident statistics for 1990.