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A4 crash in West Berkshire on 20 June 1990 at 18:45 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A4 in West Berkshire at 18:45 on Wednesday 20 June 1990. A 7-year-old male passenger in the Ford Cortina, the 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina and the 28-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jun 1990
Wednesday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Ford Escort
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43701, longitude -1.07087, in the RG7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Berkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199043E076060
Council area
West Berkshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199043E076060 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Berkshire road accident statistics for 1990.