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A355 crash in Slough on 8 April 1994 at 16:30 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco

A Volkswagen Scirocco and a Honda Prelude were involved in a crash on the A355 in Slough at 16:30 on Friday 8 April 1994. The 32-year-old male driver of the Honda Prelude was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 1994
Friday, 16:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Scirocco and Honda Prelude
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.52875, longitude -0.61678, in the SL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Slough.

Map of where the crash happened in Slough

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199443R013044
Council area
Slough
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
355
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Prelude

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,958 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Prelude)

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 199443R013044 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 1994.