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A3032 crash in Wokingham on 8 December 2008 at 18:03 involving a Piaggio Vespa motorcycle

A Piaggio Vespa motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A3032 in Wokingham at 18:03 on Monday 8 December 2008. The 59-year-old male rider and a 54-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2008
Monday, 18:03
Vehicles
1
Piaggio Vespa
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47776, longitude -0.88227, in the RG10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Charvil. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thames, Wokingham, RG10 9QP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200843W276128
Council area
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3032
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2010.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Piaggio Vespa

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Piaggio Vespa)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 200843W276128 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 2008.