A6001 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 5 May 2006 at 19:52 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire at 19:52 on Friday 5 May 2006. The 34-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and an 18-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 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
- 5 May 2006
- Friday, 19:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07196, longitude -0.26766, in the SG18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200640D010990
- 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 2012.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B659 in Central Bedfordshire, 28 February 2012
At the same spotRef 2012400BA0128
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 February 1999
At the same spotRef 199940B042499
Slight
Jaguar S Type crash on the B659 in Central Bedfordshire, 6 March 2011
10 m awayRef 2011400B00900
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 6 February 2002
10 m awayRef 2002400B00469
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B659 in Central Bedfordshire, 10 December 2015
16 m awayRef 2015405BA1227
Fatal
BMW 3 Series crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 24 September 2001
20 m awayRef 2001400B03074
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200640D010990 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 2006.