Serious A4 crash in Wokingham on 31 January 2000 at 07:50 involving a Jaguar XJ Series
A Jaguar XJ Series and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A4 in Wokingham at 07:50 on Monday 31 January 2000. The 31-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 31 Jan 2000
- Monday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XJ Series and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47879, longitude -0.88642, in the RG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Charvil.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200043W717010
- Council area
- Wokingham
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 November 2003.
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Volvo V70 crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 26 January 2000
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Car crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 20 April 1989
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Car crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 21 January 1979
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Ford Orion crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 13 January 1995
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XJ Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,239 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 200043W717010 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wokingham road accident statistics for 2000.