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B4540 crash in Luton on 5 April 2001 at 17:30 involving a Vauxhall Calibra

A Vauxhall Calibra and a Citroen ZX were involved in a crash on the B4540 in Luton at 17:30 on Thursday 5 April 2001. The 30-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Calibra and the 50-year-old female driver of the Citroen ZX were 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
5 Apr 2001
Thursday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Calibra and Citroen ZX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86128, longitude -0.42811, in the LU1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South, Luton, LU1 4BQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001400C01231
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4540
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Calibra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen ZX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Calibra)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen ZX)

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 2001400C01231 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 2001.