A308(M) crash in Windsor and Maidenhead on 3 October 2013 at 05:57 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry crashed on the A308(M) in Windsor and Maidenhead at 05:57 on Thursday 3 October 2013. The 54-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2013
- Thursday, 05:57
- Vehicles
- 1
- DAF Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50417, longitude -0.71245, in the SL6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bray, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 2QS area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201343R017103
- Council area
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A(M)
- First road number
- 308
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 330
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 7 October 1998.
Serious
Bedford crash on the A308 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 7 October 1998
1 m awayRef 199843R022108
Slight
Car crash on the A308 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 8 November 1989
1 m awayRef 198943C040119
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A308 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 15 January 1997
1 m awayRef 199743R058017
Serious
Car crash on the A308 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 5 July 2012
1 m awayRef 201243R074072
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A308 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 17 September 1997
1 m awayRef 199743R086097
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A308 in Windsor and Maidenhead, 30 October 2002
1 m awayRef 200243W698102
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Central island of roundabout
- Leaving the carriageway
- Straight ahead at junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks)
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 201343R017103 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Windsor and Maidenhead road accident statistics for 2013.