Unclassified road crash in Luton LU3 on 27 May 2007 at 06:44 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 06:44 on Sunday 27 May 2007. The 22-year-old male driver of the car and a 22-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 May 2007
- Sunday, 06:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92101, longitude -0.47081, in the LU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sundon Park, Luton, LU3 3JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007400C01729
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 1981.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 22 July 1981
50 m awayRef 19814000C1095
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 29 September 2013
61 m awayRef 2013400CA0791
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 9 July 1999
61 m awayRef 199940C199499
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 24 September 2016
61 m awayRef 2016400117322
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 3 December 2007
67 m awayRef 2007400C03812
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 8 July 1988
67 m awayRef 19884000C0894
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, 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 2007400C01729 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 2007.