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B3345 crash in Reading on 26 August 2014 at 14:00 involving a Mercedes E Class

A Mercedes E Class and a Citroen C1 were involved in a crash on the B3345 in Reading at 14:00 on Tuesday 26 August 2014. A 54-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C1 and the 56-year-old male driver of the Citroen C1 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
26 Aug 2014
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Mercedes E Class and Citroen C1
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.46577, longitude -0.96617, in the RG4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caversham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thames, Reading, RG4 8BE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Reading

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201443W151084
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3345
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
3345

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes E Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    3,222 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C1)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C1)

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 201443W151084 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 2014.