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A6 crash in Bedford on 10 December 1995 at 14:00 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5, a Rover 200 Series and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A6 in Bedford at 14:00 on Sunday 10 December 1995. The 55-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 1995
Sunday, 14:00
Vehicles
3
Renault 5 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16396, longitude -0.50287, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clapham.

Map of where the crash happened in Bedford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954000B1497
Council area
Bedford
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
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
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 1987.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,388 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

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 19954000B1497 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bedford road accident statistics for 1995.