Unclassified road crash in Bracknell Forest RG45 on 5 October 2025 at 21:25 involving a Vauxhall Corsa taxi
A Vauxhall Corsa taxi and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bracknell Forest at 21:25 on Sunday 5 October 2025. The 55-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa taxi and a 53-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa taxi were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 2025
- Sunday, 21:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.37077, longitude -0.79886, in the RG45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crowthorne. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest, RG45 7EA area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025430508984
- Council area
- Bracknell Forest
- Police force
- Thames Valley
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 29 metres away, was a fatal crash on 27 April 1982.
Fatal
Car crash on the B3348 in Bracknell Forest, 27 April 1982
29 m awayRef 198243C109042
Serious
Car crash on the A3095 in Bracknell Forest, 2 August 1980
40 m awayRef 198043C003080
Serious
Car crash on the B3348 in Bracknell Forest, 20 November 1983
46 m awayRef 198343C106113
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3348 in Bracknell Forest, 13 June 1984
62 m awayRef 198443C091064
Slight
Van crash on the B3348 in Bracknell Forest, 9 October 1989
92 m awayRef 198943C038109
Slight
Car crash on the B3348 in Bracknell Forest, 15 September 1993
102 m awayRef 199343R138093
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Taxi or private hire car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 53, taxi or private hire car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2025430508984 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bracknell Forest road accident statistics for 2025.