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A5228 crash in Luton on 22 December 2000 at 17:40 involving a Nissan Primera

A Nissan Primera, a Rover 75 and a van were involved in a crash on the A5228 in Luton at 17:40 on Friday 22 December 2000. A 21-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Primera was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Dec 2000
Friday, 17:40
Vehicles
3
Nissan Primera and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89609, longitude -0.4423, in the LU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000400C03904
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5228
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

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 28 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,974 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 75

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,991 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Primera)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 2000400C03904 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 2000.