Fatal A329 crash in Wokingham on 2 May 2016 at 10:25 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A329 in Wokingham at 10:25 on Monday 2 May 2016. The 74-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 2 May 2016
- Monday, 10:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41365, longitude -0.84164, in the RG41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wokingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wescott, Wokingham, RG40 2AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201643W011056
- Council area
- Wokingham
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 329
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 2025.
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 28 January 2025
1 m awayRef 2025430045209
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 19 May 2017
1 m awayRef 2017430152531
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 26 February 2017
1 m awayRef 2017430061921
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 5 September 2022
1 m awayRef 2022430399425
Slight
Peugeot 1007 crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 1 July 2017
1 m awayRef 2017430202489
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 11 April 2017
2 m awayRef 2017430113369
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 201643W011056 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wokingham road accident statistics for 2016.