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C road crash in Central Bedfordshire SG19 on 8 December 1996 at 17:17 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire at 17:17 on Sunday 8 December 1996. A 34-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 1996
Sunday, 17:17
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13509, longitude -0.29635, in the SG19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandy.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19964000E1152
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
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
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 1 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 19964000E1152 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 1996.