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Tilehurst Birch Copse, West Berkshire, RG31 5HH area: accident hotspot

Police recorded 62 road collisions at this accident hotspot in Tilehurst Birch Copse ward, West Berkshire, from 2001 to 2025, with 67 casualties. Of those collisions, 5 were serious and none fatal.

In 2025 there was 1 collision here, down from 2 in 2024.

Collisions, 2001 to 2025
62
11,892nd busiest of 12,033 hotspots
Casualties
67
1.08 per collision
Fatal collisions
0
No one killed
Collisions in 2025
1
2 in 2024

Crash severity at the RG31 5HH hotspot

5 of the 62 collisions here (8.1%) killed or seriously injured someone.

Collisions by severity, 2001 to 2025

  • Fatal00%
  • Serious58.1%
  • Slight5792%

People hurt, 2001 to 2025

Killed
0
Seriously injured
5
Slightly injured
62
All casualties
67

Accidents by year at the RG31 5HH hotspot

Collisions here peaked at 7 in 2005, against an average of 2.5 a year from 2001 to 2025.

Collisions and casualties at the RG31 5HH hotspot, 2001 to 2025

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202513
202422
202322
202222
202122
202022
201933
201800
201722
201611
201522
201411
201322
201233
201122
201022
200922
200811
200733
200634
200577
200456
200334
200244
200155

Map of crashes at the RG31 5HH hotspot

The 48 most recent collisions at this hotspot, coloured by severity, around its centre near RG31 5HH.

Map of the 48 most recent collisions at the Tilehurst Birch Copse, West Berkshire, RG31 5HH area accident hotspot

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  • 48 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

Centre of the hotspot

Hotspot area, 700 m radius

Details of the RG31 5HH 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 Birch Copse
Council area
West Berkshire
Nearest postcode to the centre
RG31 5HH
Postcode district
RG31
Centre (latitude, longitude)
51.45433, -1.0528
Radius
700 metres
Years covered
2001 to 2025
Years with a collision
24 of 25
Latest collision
5 April 2025
Rank by collisions
11,892nd of 12,033 hotspots

Towns near the RG31 5HH hotspot

58 of the 62 collisions at this hotspot were inside the built-up area of Reading.

Accident hotspots near RG31 5HH

The 8 nearest other hotspots are all within 5 km of this one. The nearest is the Tilehurst, Reading, RG30 4RR area, 1 km away, with 265 collisions.

All 62 crashes at the RG31 5HH hotspot

Newest first, from 31 May 2001 to 5 April 2025, 48 to a page.

Severity
Year