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A603 crash in Bedford on 3 June 1998 at 08:15 involving a Proton Proton

A Proton Proton crashed on the A603 in Bedford at 08:15 on Wednesday 3 June 1998. The 50-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Jun 1998
Wednesday, 08:15
Vehicles
1
Proton Proton
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12247, longitude -0.42392, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford.

Map of where the crash happened in Bedford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984000B0574
Council area
Bedford
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
603
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 July 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Proton Proton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Proton Proton)

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 19984000B0574 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 1998.