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Serious A404(M) crash in Windsor and Maidenhead on 27 February 2018 at 11:00 involving a lorry

A lorry and a van were involved in a crash on the A404(M) in Windsor and Maidenhead at 11:00 on Tuesday 27 February 2018. The 54-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Feb 2018
Tuesday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Lorry and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.51693, longitude -0.76346, in the SL6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Boyn Hill, Windsor and Maidenhead, SL6 4LJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Windsor and Maidenhead

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018430068335
Council area
Windsor and Maidenhead
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A(M)
First road number
404
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 September 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2018430068335 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Windsor and Maidenhead road accident statistics for 2018.