Unclassified road crash in Reading RG1 on 12 May 2016 at 17:49 involving a Vauxhall Agila
A Vauxhall Agila and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Reading at 17:49 on Thursday 12 May 2016. The 26-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2016
- Thursday, 17:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Agila and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45641, longitude -0.96722, 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
- 201643W123056
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2003.
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Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 28 October 2003
16 m awayRef 200343W591103
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Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 1 July 1998
17 m awayRef 1998430W02407
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Nissan Cherry crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 2 February 1996
65 m awayRef 199643W021026
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Austin Metro crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 9 May 1998
65 m awayRef 199843W077058
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Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 12 April 1999
65 m awayRef 199943W065049
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on an unclassified road in Reading, 1 June 2004
67 m awayRef 200443W005064
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 26, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 201643W123056 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 2016.