A329 crash in Wokingham on 17 February 2012 at 20:26 involving a Mercedes E Class
A Mercedes E Class, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A329 in Wokingham at 20:26 on Friday 17 February 2012. The 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2012
- Friday, 20:26
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes E Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.43783, longitude -0.90094, in the RG6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading. It is one of the crashes that make up the Winnersh, Wokingham, RG41 5HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201243W142022
- Council area
- Wokingham
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 329
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 February 2008.
Slight
Car crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 6 February 2008
At the same spotRef 200843W072028
Serious
Renault Laguna crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 26 November 2002
At the same spotRef 200243W698112
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 19 April 2005
At the same spotRef 200543W473045
Slight
Lorry crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 1 October 1979
At the same spotRef 197943E002109
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 3 November 2003
At the same spotRef 200343W024113
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 19 September 2000
At the same spotRef 200043W199090
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 201243W142022 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.