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Unclassified road crash in West Berkshire RG17 on 12 April 1990 at 21:55 involving a Renault 12

A Renault 12 and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Berkshire at 21:55 on Thursday 12 April 1990. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Apr 1990
Thursday, 21:55
Vehicles
2
Renault 12 and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50827, longitude -1.53095, in the RG17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lambourn.

Map of where the crash happened in West Berkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199043F040040
Council area
West Berkshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
4000

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 11 September 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 12

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,300 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199043F040040 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.