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Serious A329(M) crash in Wokingham on 22 May 2012 at 07:30 involving a Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle

A Kawasaki ZX1000 motorcycle crashed on the A329(M) in Wokingham at 07:30 on Tuesday 22 May 2012. The 29-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 May 2012
Tuesday, 07:30
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki ZX1000
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.42474, longitude -0.82186, in the RG40 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Norreys, Wokingham, RG40 5AJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201243R162052
Council area
Wokingham
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
329
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Daylight
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki ZX1000

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki ZX1000)

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 201243R162052 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 2012.