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Unclassified road crash in Reading RG30 on 27 December 2002 at 19:30 involving a Fiat Cinquecento

A Fiat Cinquecento hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Reading at 19:30 on Friday 27 December 2002. A 60-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2002
Friday, 19:30
Vehicles
1
Fiat Cinquecento
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44577, longitude -1.02652, in the RG30 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norcot, Reading, RG30 4EZ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200243W682122
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Poor or defective road surface

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Cinquecento)

    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200243W682122 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 2002.