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A329 crash in Reading on 23 December 1995 at 14:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A bicycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A329 in Reading at 14:40 on Saturday 23 December 1995. The male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 1995
Saturday, 14:40
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45539, longitude -0.98731, in the RG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199543W050125
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
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 January 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 199543W050125 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 1995.