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A4 crash in Reading on 15 August 2019 at 19:30 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Skoda Citigo were involved in a crash on the A4 in Reading at 19:30 on Thursday 15 August 2019. The 62-year-old female driver of the Skoda Citigo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Aug 2019
Thursday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Skoda Citigo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.44749, longitude -0.98295, in the RG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading. It is one of the crashes that make up the Coley, Reading, RG1 7YX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Reading

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019430259216
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4
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
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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    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
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Skoda Citigo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    62 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Citigo)

    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 2019430259216 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 2019.