A6 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 23 March 2003 at 16:35 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106, a Vauxhall Vectra and a car were involved in a crash on the A6 in Central Bedfordshire at 16:35 on Sunday 23 March 2003. The 20-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 106 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Mar 2003
- Sunday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 106 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.98928, longitude -0.42465, in the MK45 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield, Central Bedfordshire, MK45 4QR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003400D00908
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2012.
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A6 in Central Bedfordshire, 21 June 2012
10 m awayRef 2012400DA0483
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6 in Central Bedfordshire, 29 January 2006
20 m awayRef 200640D002690
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A6 in Central Bedfordshire, 7 December 1999
20 m awayRef 199940D348299
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A6 in Central Bedfordshire, 29 August 2015
31 m awayRef 2015405DA0745
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6 in Central Bedfordshire, 8 January 2000
45 m awayRef 2000400D00109
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A6 in Central Bedfordshire, 18 January 2021
45 m awayRef 2021401035817
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 106)
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 2003400D00908 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 2003.