A329 crash in Reading on 15 December 2017 at 20:31 involving a Renault Espace
A car and a Renault Espace were involved in a crash on the A329 in Reading at 20:31 on Friday 15 December 2017. The 35-year-old female driver of the Renault Espace was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2017
- Friday, 20:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Espace
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47127, longitude -1.02997, in the RG31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading.
Map of where the crash happened in Reading
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017430376502
- Council area
- Reading
- 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
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2014.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A329 in Reading, 3 December 2014
9 m awayRef 201443W053124
Slight
Car crash on the A329 in Reading, 18 June 1986
13 m awayRef 198643E053066
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A329 in Reading, 2 May 2001
16 m awayRef 200143W081051
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A329 in Reading, 2 July 1997
16 m awayRef 199743W002077
Slight
Renault Espace crash on the A329 in Reading, 1 August 2007
19 m awayRef 200743W012087
Slight
Car crash on the A329 in Reading, 24 July 2004
22 m awayRef 200443W405074
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Espace
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Espace)
- 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 2017430376502 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 2017.