A329 crash in Bracknell Forest on 26 August 2016 at 16:55 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and an Alfa Romeo 156 were involved in a crash on the A329 in Bracknell Forest at 16:55 on Friday 26 August 2016. The 53-year-old male driver of the Alfa Romeo 156 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 50 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Aug 2016
- Friday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Alfa Romeo 156
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.40997, longitude -0.78691, in the RG12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Binfield South & Jennett's Park, Bracknell Forest, RG42 4NQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bracknell Forest
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201643R170086
- Council area
- Bracknell Forest
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 329
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Unclassified
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 December 2020.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A329 in Bracknell Forest, 2 December 2020
9 m awayRef 2020430404796
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A329 in Bracknell Forest, 16 August 2024
11 m awayRef 2024430395207
Slight
Audi RS4 crash on the A329 in Bracknell Forest, 25 June 2016
17 m awayRef 201643R229066
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A329 in Bracknell Forest, 9 October 2016
20 m awayRef 2016430289479
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A329 in Bracknell Forest, 28 June 2010
21 m awayRef 201043R191060
Slight
Car crash on the A329 in Bracknell Forest, 13 September 1986
24 m awayRef 198643C038096
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo 156
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,747 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Alfa Romeo 156)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 201643R170086 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bracknell Forest road accident statistics for 2016.