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Unclassified road crash in Reading RG1 on 11 January 2025 at 23:38 involving a Seat Alhambra taxi

A Seat Alhambra taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Reading at 23:38 on Saturday 11 January 2025. A 37-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 2025
Saturday, 23:38
Vehicles
1
Seat Alhambra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.45786, longitude -0.97055, in the RG1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Reading. It is one of the crashes that make up the Abbey, Reading, RG1 2JF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Reading

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025430016865
Council area
Reading
Police force
Thames Valley
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 February 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Alhambra

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Seat Alhambra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2025430016865 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 2025.