A329 crash in Reading on 19 December 2014 at 17:25 involving a Volvo S60
A car and a Volvo S60 were involved in a crash on the A329 in Reading at 17:25 on Friday 19 December 2014. The 51-year-old female driver of the Volvo S60 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Dec 2014
- Friday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volvo S60
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45737, longitude -0.96544, in the RG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbey, Reading, RG1 2JF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Reading
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201443W307124
- 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
- Dual 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1990.
Slight
Car crash on the A329 in Reading, 12 June 1990
4 m awayRef 199043E065060
Slight
Car crash on the B479 in Reading, 21 August 1985
4 m awayRef 198543E129085
Slight
Bus crash on the B479 in Reading, 20 February 1989
6 m awayRef 198943E077029
Serious
Car crash on the B479 in Reading, 13 October 1983
6 m awayRef 198343E053103
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A329 in Reading, 17 July 2004
6 m awayRef 200443W263074
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A329 in Reading, 5 October 1990
9 m awayRef 199043E030100
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 41 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo S60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo S60)
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 201443W307124 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.