A4012 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 31 October 2001 at 17:10 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic, a Vauxhall Corsa and a car were involved in a crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire at 17:10 on Wednesday 31 October 2001. The 31-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic, the 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and the 55-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2001
- Wednesday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Civic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.97243, longitude -0.60766, in the MK17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001400D03530
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4012
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- C
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 2011.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 April 2011
At the same spotRef 2011400D01024
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 17 April 2024
7 m awayRef 2024401435515
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 5 December 2007
10 m awayRef 2007400D03854
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 10 November 2008
32 m awayRef 2008400D03455
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 6 December 2014
38 m awayRef 2014404DA1142
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 23 December 2005
41 m awayRef 200540D000680
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 2001400D03530 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 2001.