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Serious A6 crash in Luton on 1 December 1998 at 17:00 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Honda CBX550F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A6 in Luton at 17:00 on Tuesday 1 December 1998. The 39-year-old male rider of the Honda CBX550F motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Dec 1998
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Honda CBX550F
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90081, longitude -0.4221, in the LU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998400C06001
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
6
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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 17 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBX550F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    572 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBX550F)

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 1998400C06001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 1998.