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Serious C road crash in Bedford MK40 on 2 December 1996 at 18:35 involving a Fiat Panda

A Fiat Panda crashed on a C road in Bedford at 18:35 on Monday 2 December 1996. The 33-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Dec 1996
Monday, 18:35
Vehicles
1
Fiat Panda
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13644, longitude -0.45996, in the MK40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bedford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964000B1430
Council area
Bedford
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
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 6 May 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Panda)

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 19964000B1430 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 1996.