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A6 crash in Luton on 21 December 1995 at 21:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Renault 5 were involved in a crash on the A6 in Luton at 21:30 on Thursday 21 December 1995. The 43-year-old female driver of the Renault 5 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1995
Thursday, 21:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87952, longitude -0.41064, 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
19954000C2189
Council area
Luton
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,108 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 5)

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 19954000C2189 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.