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Tilehurst & Purley, West Berkshire, RG31 6QL area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 87 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Tilehurst & Purley ward, West Berkshire, from 2001 to 2025, with 103 casualties. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 17 were serious.

In 2025 there were 2 collisions here, up from 1 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
87
8,937th busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
103
1.18 per collision
Fatal collisions
2
2 people killed
Collisions in 2025
2
1 in 2024

Crash severity at the RG31 6QL hotspot

19 of the 87 collisions here (22%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal22.3%
  • Serious1720%
  • Slight6878%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
2
Seriously injured
20
Slightly injured
81
All casualties
103

Accidents by year at the RG31 6QL hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 10 in 2002, against an average of 3.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the RG31 6QL hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025: 2
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202522
202411
202322
202266
202111
202033
201911
201812
201744
201622
201544
201433
201345
201268
201168
201011
200911
200868
200722
200657
200533
200434
200345
20021013
200167

Map of crashes at the RG31 6QL hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near RG31 6QL.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Tilehurst & Purley, West Berkshire, RG31 6QL area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the RG31 6QL hotspot

This hotspot counts every collision police recorded from 2001 to 2025 within 700 metres of its centre, except those already counted in a busier hotspot.

Ward
Tilehurst & Purley
Council area
West Berkshire
Nearest postcode to the centre
RG31 6QL
Postcode district
RG31
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.4668, -1.0494
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
25 of 25
Latest collision
27 September 2025
Rank by collisions
8,937th of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the RG31 6QL hotspot

79 of the 87 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Reading.

Accident hotspots near RG31 6QL

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4RR area, 1.3 km away, with 265 collisions.

All 87 crashes at the RG31 6QL hotspot

Newest first, from 10 March 2001 to 27 September 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year