A34 crash in West Berkshire on 26 March 2013 at 07:46 involving a Honda CRV
A Honda CRV, a car and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A34 in West Berkshire at 07:46 on Tuesday 26 March 2013. The 47-year-old female driver of the Honda CRV and the 24-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Mar 2013
- Tuesday, 07:46
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda CRV and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51547, longitude -1.29054, in the RG20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ridgeway, West Berkshire, RG20 7NA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Berkshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201343W155033
- Council area
- West Berkshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 34
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2015.
Slight
Hyundai ix35 crash on the A34 in West Berkshire, 17 December 2015
16 m awayRef 201543W153125
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A34 in West Berkshire, 14 June 1994
20 m awayRef 199443U034064
Slight
Iveco Daily crash on the A34 in West Berkshire, 15 November 1996
24 m awayRef 199643U061116
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A34 in West Berkshire, 3 September 2007
27 m awayRef 200743W021097
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A34 in West Berkshire, 30 January 2007
53 m awayRef 200743W300017
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A34 in West Berkshire, 4 December 1981
71 m awayRef 198143F003121
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda CRV
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda CRV)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201343W155033 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Berkshire road accident statistics for 2013.