A329 crash in Wokingham on 19 May 2017 at 08:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A329 in Wokingham at 08:20 on Friday 19 May 2017. The 46-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 56-year-old female driver of the Toyota Corolla 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
- 19 May 2017
- Friday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4137, longitude -0.84161, 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.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430152531
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a fatal crash on 2 May 2016.
Fatal
Mercedes A Class crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 2 May 2016
1 m awayRef 201643W011056
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 11 April 2017
1 m awayRef 2017430113369
Slight
Peugeot 1007 crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 1 July 2017
2 m awayRef 2017430202489
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 28 January 2025
2 m awayRef 2025430045209
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 5 September 2022
3 m awayRef 2022430399425
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A329 in Wokingham, 26 February 2017
3 m awayRef 2017430061921
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2017430152531 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 2017.