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Fatal A34 crash in West Berkshire on 16 June 1990 at 23:42 involving a Fiat 127

A Fiat 127 crashed on the A34 in West Berkshire at 23:42 on Saturday 16 June 1990. The 24-year-old female driver was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Jun 1990
Saturday, 23:42
Vehicles
1
Fiat 127
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52128, longitude -1.29184, in the RG20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Berkshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199043F048060
Council area
West Berkshire
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
34
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
Dark, no street lighting
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 15 November 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 127

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    903 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat 127)

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 199043F048060 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.