Serious B4009 crash in West Berkshire on 3 September 2022 at 11:35 involving a Toyota IQ
A Toyota IQ and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire at 11:35 on Saturday 3 September 2022. The 33-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Sep 2022
- Saturday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota IQ and Suzuki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45885, longitude -1.2669, in the RG18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hermitage.
Map of where the crash happened in West Berkshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022430396158
- Council area
- West Berkshire
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4009
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 February 1990.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 8 February 1990
11 m awayRef 199043F020020
Serious
Scooter crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 17 May 1980
26 m awayRef 198043F040050
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 31 May 1990
74 m awayRef 199043F084050
Slight
Car crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 22 November 1982
79 m awayRef 198243F050112
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 19 May 1993
87 m awayRef 199343U045053
Slight
Car crash on the B4009 in West Berkshire, 7 April 1982
116 m awayRef 198243F035042
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota IQ
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 749 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)
- 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 2022430396158 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Berkshire road accident statistics for 2022.