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Unclassified road crash in Reading RG1 on 2 January 1997 at 11:10 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Reading at 11:10 on Thursday 2 January 1997. A 58-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Aprilia motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Jan 1997
Thursday, 11:10
Vehicles
2
Aprilia and Citroen BX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45564, longitude -0.9755, 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
199743W002017
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 September 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, hit by vehicle 1 (Aprilia)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199743W002017 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 1997.