B655 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 25 January 2007 at 20:28 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire at 20:28 on Thursday 25 January 2007. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jan 2007
- Thursday, 20:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96755, longitude -0.42716, in the MK45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barton-le-Clay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barton-le-Clay & Silsoe, Central Bedfordshire, MK45 4LU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2007400D00296
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 655
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 27 November 2017
18 m awayRef 2017400245133
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 1 June 2024
20 m awayRef 2024401452481
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 23 February 2009
30 m awayRef 2009400D00564
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 21 July 2004
51 m awayRef 2004400D02132
Slight
Bedford crash on the A6 in Central Bedfordshire, 7 February 1990
58 m awayRef 19904000D0290
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 23 January 1979
58 m awayRef 19794000D0213
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, 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 2007400D00296 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 2007.