M4 crash in Wokingham on 11 June 2018 at 17:09 involving a DAF Trucks lorry
A DAF Trucks lorry and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the M4 in Wokingham at 17:09 on Monday 11 June 2018. The 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jun 2018
- Monday, 17:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41162, longitude -0.96483, in the RG2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitley, Reading, RG2 8FT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430176983
- Council area
- Wokingham
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 4
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 27 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 March 1994.
Slight
Gilera crash on the M4 in Reading, 9 March 1994
27 m awayRef 199443R031034
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the M4 in Reading, 26 December 1990
27 m awayRef 199043E120120
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the M4 in Reading, 20 June 2014
29 m awayRef 201443W154064
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the M4 in Reading, 26 October 2011
31 m awayRef 201143W204101
Slight
Car crash on the M4 in Reading, 16 November 1990
33 m awayRef 199043E089110
Slight
Lorry crash on the M4 in Reading, 5 April 1979
35 m awayRef 197943E016049
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,902 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018430176983 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 2018.