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Serious A6 crash in Bedford on 25 October 2004 at 22:40 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo and a car were involved in a crash on the A6 in Bedford at 22:40 on Monday 25 October 2004. A 71-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo was seriously injured and the 59-year-old female driver of the Ford Mondeo and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Oct 2004
Monday, 22:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Mondeo and car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14189, longitude -0.47451, in the MK40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harpur, Bedford, MK40 2EG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bedford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004400B03467
Council area
Bedford
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
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 2004400B03467 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 2004.