A4 crash in Wokingham on 15 July 2018 at 12:40 involving a Honda HR-V
A Honda HR-V and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A4 in Wokingham at 12:40 on Sunday 15 July 2018. The 85-year-old male driver of the Honda HR-V, an 82-year-old female passenger in the Honda HR-V and the 36-year-old male driver of the Mercedes E Class were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jul 2018
- Sunday, 12:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda HR-V and Mercedes E Class
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.4745, longitude -0.89145, in the RG10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Thames, Wokingham, RG10 9QP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wokingham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018430215951
- Council area
- Wokingham
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 11%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 89%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 March 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 5 March 1982
4 m awayRef 198243E027032
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 10 January 1980
7 m awayRef 198043E024010
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 14 March 2017
10 m awayRef 2017430091020
Slight
Toyota MR2 crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 17 December 1990
13 m awayRef 199043E080120
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 30 April 2000
13 m awayRef 200043W720040
Serious
Peugeot 207 crash on the A4 in Wokingham, 19 November 2012
13 m awayRef 201243W140112
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda HR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,148 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda HR-V)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda HR-V)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes E Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018430215951 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.