A600 crash in Bedford on 9 January 2002 at 07:50 involving a Peugeot Partner van
A Peugeot Partner van and a car were involved in a crash on the A600 in Bedford at 07:50 on Wednesday 9 January 2002. The 34-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner van and the 32-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jan 2002
- Wednesday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Partner and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12961, longitude -0.46368, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greyfriars, Bedford, MK40 1AS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002400B00166
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 600
- 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
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2021.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A600 in Bedford, 26 July 2021
6 m awayRef 2021401073684
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A600 in Bedford, 22 January 2019
15 m awayRef 2019400811896
Serious
Car crash on the A600 in Bedford, 13 May 2023
16 m awayRef 2023401317983
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 28 February 2025
17 m awayRef 2025401563210
Slight
Volkswagen Urban crash on the A600 in Bedford, 26 September 2017
21 m awayRef 2017400228346
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A600 in Bedford, 5 December 2001
22 m awayRef 2001400B03988
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Partner
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot Partner)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 2002400B00166 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 2002.