A6001 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 6 September 2005 at 19:10 involving a Citroen C4
A Citroen C4 and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire at 19:10 on Tuesday 6 September 2005. The 22-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2005
- Tuesday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C4 and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.0376, longitude -0.28561, in the SG16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Henlow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clifton, Henlow & Langford, Central Bedfordshire, SG16 6GT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200540D024710
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6001
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2000.
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A600 in Central Bedfordshire, 29 April 2000
At the same spotRef 2000400D01332
Serious
Honda crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 August 2008
At the same spotRef 2008400D02456
Slight
Car crash on the B659 in Central Bedfordshire, 28 July 2024
3 m awayRef 2024401473698
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B659 in Central Bedfordshire, 15 April 2015
4 m awayRef 2015405DA0312
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B659 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 June 2020
5 m awayRef 2020400960540
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 27 September 2003
10 m awayRef 2003400D03003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)
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 200540D024710 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.