B470 crash in Slough on 14 August 2017 at 12:45 involving a Mercedes C Class
A Mercedes C Class and a Renault Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the B470 in Slough at 12:45 on Monday 14 August 2017. The 41-year-old male driver of the Renault Trucks lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2017
- Monday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes C Class and Renault Trucks
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.50265, longitude -0.54226, in the SL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Slough. It is one of the crashes that make up the Langley Meads, Slough, SL3 8HB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Slough
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430245379
- Council area
- Slough
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 470
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 July 2015.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B470 in Slough, 24 July 2015
5 m awayRef 201543R195075
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B470 in Slough, 1 November 1984
8 m awayRef 198443C002114
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B470 in Slough, 30 September 2006
9 m awayRef 200643R310096
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B470 in Slough, 17 November 2023
22 m awayRef 2023430517897
Slight
Car crash on the B470 in Slough, 25 February 1982
24 m awayRef 198243C096022
Serious
Taxi crash on the B470 in Slough, 13 September 1990
27 m awayRef 199043C059090
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Trucks
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,764 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, goods vehicle occupant (3.5 to 7.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Renault Trucks)
- 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 2017430245379 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Slough road accident statistics for 2017.