B1042 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 23 December 2000 at 17:28 involving a Nissan 200
A Nissan 200 crashed on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire at 17:28 on Saturday 23 December 2000. The 32-year-old male driver and a 31-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a muddy roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2000
- Saturday, 17:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan 200
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12585, longitude -0.20976, in the SG19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Potton.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000400B00097
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1042
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2002.
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 7 February 2002
14 m awayRef 2002400B00493
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B1042 in Bedford, 2 October 1999
14 m awayRef 199940B273099
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 16 January 1998
54 m awayRef 19984000E0065
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 9 January 1998
54 m awayRef 19984000E0044
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 21 March 1992
54 m awayRef 19924000D0456
Slight
Van crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 20 July 1997
54 m awayRef 19974000E0642
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan 200
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan 200)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan 200)
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 2000400B00097 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 2000.