Unclassified road crash in Reading RG1 on 20 November 2013 at 16:19 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Reading at 16:19 on Wednesday 20 November 2013. The 28-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and a 36-year-old female passenger in the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Nov 2013
- Wednesday, 16:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45164, longitude -0.98329, in the RG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coley, Reading, RG1 7YX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Reading
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201343W157113
- Council area
- Reading
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2025.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 18 June 2025
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Slight
Vauxhall Carlton crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 4 November 1994
6 m awayRef 199443W012114
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 3 October 1987
6 m awayRef 198743E009107
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 10 June 1981
6 m awayRef 198143E039061
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 16 July 1982
6 m awayRef 198243E100072
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 25 October 1985
6 m awayRef 198543E114105
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201343W157113 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 2013.