B655 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 2 November 2002 at 07:10 involving a Mercedes 300 van
A Mercedes 300 van crashed on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire at 07:10 on Saturday 2 November 2002. The 50-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 2002
- Saturday, 07:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes 300
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.95955, longitude -0.36762, in the SG5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2002400D03587
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 655
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2021.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 18 July 2021
9 m awayRef 2021401078295
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 October 2019
9 m awayRef 2019400890115
Slight
Hyundai Coupe crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 11 November 2001
10 m awayRef 2001400D03822
Serious
Honda VFR800F crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 28 October 2002
10 m awayRef 2002400D03476
Slight
Mitsubishi Colt crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 24 November 2018
16 m awayRef 2018400803657
Serious
Citroen C3 crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 October 2021
18 m awayRef 2021401103156
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes 300
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes 300)
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 2002400D03587 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 2002.