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C road crash in Luton LU1 on 29 May 1995 at 14:15 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus and a Kawasaki ZX1100 motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in Luton at 14:15 on Monday 29 May 1995. The 30-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki ZX1100 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 May 1995
Monday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and Kawasaki ZX1100
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87511, longitude -0.4166, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton.

Map of where the crash happened in Luton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954000C0909
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki ZX1100

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,089 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki ZX1100)

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 19954000C0909 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 1995.