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Serious A329 crash in Reading on 15 October 1992 at 11:32 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240 and a Honda C90E motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A329 in Reading at 11:32 on Thursday 15 October 1992. The 72-year-old male rider of the Honda C90E motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Oct 1992
Thursday, 11:32
Vehicles
2
Volvo 240 and Honda C90E
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44756, longitude -0.93611, in the RG6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199243W026102
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
329
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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 slight injury crash on 29 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda C90E

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    89 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 72, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda C90E)

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 199243W026102 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Reading road accident statistics for 1992.