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Unclassified road crash in Bedford MK40 on 20 March 1999 at 11:30 involving a Ford Granada

A Ford Granada and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bedford at 11:30 on Saturday 20 March 1999. A 78-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Mar 1999
Saturday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Granada and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13848, longitude -0.47477, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199940B090299
Council area
Bedford
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 7 December 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 78, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199940B090299 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 1999.