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A4 crash in Reading on 8 September 1998 at 08:15 involving a Ford Transit van

A Ford Transit van and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Reading at 08:15 on Tuesday 8 September 1998. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 1998
Tuesday, 08:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44795, longitude -0.97971, 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
1998430W05609
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
Road type
Dual 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,496 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, on vehicle 2 (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 1998430W05609 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 1998.