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A33 crash in Reading on 19 January 2011 at 18:30 involving a Seat Toledo

A Seat Toledo, a Volvo S40 and a Mercedes CL Class were involved in a crash on the A33 in Reading at 18:30 on Wednesday 19 January 2011. The 30-year-old male driver of the Volvo S40 and the 44-year-old male driver of the Mercedes CL Class were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Jan 2011
Wednesday, 18:30
Vehicles
3
Seat Toledo and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4413, longitude -0.97697, in the RG2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Katesgrove, Reading, RG2 0AG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Reading

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201143W132011
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
33
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 June 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Toledo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    2,324 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo S40

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,834 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Mercedes CL Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    4,966 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S40)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes CL Class)

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 201143W132011 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 2011.