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A507 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 24 November 1998 at 17:15 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A507 in Central Bedfordshire at 17:15 on Tuesday 24 November 1998. The 18-year-old female driver of the Austin Metro 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
24 Nov 1998
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0262, longitude -0.29029, in the SG16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
19984000E1086
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
507
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

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 19984000E1086 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 1998.