M1 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 27 September 2006 at 14:45 involving a lorry
A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the M1 in Central Bedfordshire at 14:45 on Wednesday 27 September 2006. The 21-year-old female driver of the car and a 27-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 2006
- Wednesday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.98652, longitude -0.5312, in the MK17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Westoning, Flitton & Greenfield, Central Bedfordshire, MK17 9EW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200640D023660
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2008.
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the M1 in Central Bedfordshire, 22 December 2008
20 m awayRef 2008400D03871
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the M1 in Central Bedfordshire, 29 September 2006
20 m awayRef 200640D023670
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the M1 in Central Bedfordshire, 28 November 2025
28 m awayRef 2025401679184
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the M1 in Central Bedfordshire, 22 August 2001
36 m awayRef 2001400D02754
Serious
Car crash on the M1 in Central Bedfordshire, 25 August 2003
45 m awayRef 2003400D02357
Slight
MG MGB crash on the M1 in Central Bedfordshire, 30 September 2001
50 m awayRef 2001400D03165
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, 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 200640D023660 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.