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Unclassified road crash in Central Bedfordshire LU5 on 9 August 1995 at 00:50 involving an Austin Morris Mini

An Austin Morris Mini and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire at 00:50 on Wednesday 9 August 1995. The 19-year-old male driver of the Austin Morris Mini was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Aug 1995
Wednesday, 00:50
Vehicles
2
Austin Morris Mini and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90143, longitude -0.50434, in the LU5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19954000D0777
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 26 July 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Morris Mini)

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 19954000D0777 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Central Bedfordshire road accident statistics for 1995.