A603 crash in Bedford on 3 November 2006 at 09:15 involving a Renault Laguna
A Renault Laguna and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A603 in Bedford at 09:15 on Friday 3 November 2006. The 38-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series 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
- 3 Nov 2006
- Friday, 09:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Laguna and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12389, longitude -0.41874, in the MK44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsbrook, Bedford, MK44 3US area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200640B028050
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 603
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 421
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 21 June 2007.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A603 in Bedford, 21 June 2007
At the same spotRef 2007400B01955
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A603 in Bedford, 4 July 2007
At the same spotRef 2007400B02060
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A603 in Bedford, 15 November 2002
At the same spotRef 2002400B03742
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A603 in Bedford, 14 January 2004
At the same spotRef 2004400B00211
Slight
TVR Chimera crash on the A603 in Bedford, 5 November 2003
At the same spotRef 2003400B03318
Slight
BMW X5 crash on the A603 in Bedford, 20 December 2023
5 m awayRef 2023401393069
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
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 200640B028050 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 2006.