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A329 crash in Reading on 29 March 2012 at 07:37 involving a Mercedes E Class taxi

A Mercedes E Class taxi hit a pedestrian on the A329 in Reading at 07:37 on Thursday 29 March 2012. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 2012
Thursday, 07:37
Vehicles
1
Mercedes E Class
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45372, longitude -0.95741, in the RG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading. It is one of the crashes that make up the Redlands, Reading, RG1 4PD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Reading

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201243W225032
Council area
Reading
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Bus lane or busway
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,987 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes E Class)

    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 201243W225032 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 2012.