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Serious A329 crash in Wokingham on 27 January 2020 at 19:30 involving a Chevrolet Aveo

A Chevrolet Aveo and a Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A329 in Wokingham at 19:30 on Monday 27 January 2020. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Jan 2020
Monday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Chevrolet Aveo and Yamaha WR 125
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.41661, longitude -0.84837, in the RG41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wokingham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Emmbrook, Wokingham, RG41 1EP area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020430030528
Council area
Wokingham
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
40 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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Aveo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,206 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Yamaha WR 125

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North 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
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha WR 125)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2020430030528 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 2020.