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B3421 crash in West Berkshire on 4 April 1990 at 07:40 involving a Datsun Sunny

A Datsun Sunny and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B3421 in West Berkshire at 07:40 on Wednesday 4 April 1990. The 20-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Apr 1990
Wednesday, 07:40
Vehicles
2
Datsun Sunny and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.39952, longitude -1.30422, in the RG14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newbury.

Map of where the crash happened in West Berkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199043F007040
Council area
West Berkshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3421
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 199043F007040 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.