B4506 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 11 May 2005 at 11:35 involving a Daihatsu Charade
A Daihatsu Charade and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the B4506 in Central Bedfordshire at 11:35 on Wednesday 11 May 2005. The 23-year-old female driver of the Daihatsu Charade and the 30-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra were 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
- 11 May 2005
- Wednesday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Daihatsu Charade and Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85183, longitude -0.55345, in the LU6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200540D013440
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4506
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 September 2020.
Serious
Mini Cooper crash on the B4506 in Central Bedfordshire, 2 September 2020
8 m awayRef 2020400987794
Serious
Scania crash on the B4056 in Central Bedfordshire, 27 August 1996
36 m awayRef 19964000D0911
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B4506 in Central Bedfordshire, 26 March 2006
63 m awayRef 200640D007620
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4506 in Central Bedfordshire, 9 June 2008
122 m awayRef 2008400D01764
Fatal
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4506 in Central Bedfordshire, 30 August 1991
124 m awayRef 19914000D1253
Fatal
Ford Orion crash on the B4506 in Central Bedfordshire, 25 January 1990
132 m awayRef 19904000D0163
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Charade
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Charade)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)
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 200540D013440 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 2005.