B1040 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 11 July 2008 at 19:20 involving a Citroen ZX
A Citroen ZX and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire at 19:20 on Friday 11 July 2008. The 59-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2008
- Friday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen ZX and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13022, longitude -0.20769, in the SG19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Potton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Potton, Central Bedfordshire, SG19 2NT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008400B02090
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1040
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 February 2014.
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Volkswagen Golf crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire, 9 February 2014
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Toyota Yaris crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire, 27 November 2018
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Ford Fiesta crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire, 28 June 2013
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Toyota Corolla crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire, 2 August 2023
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Fiat Qubo crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire, 14 April 2012
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen ZX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2008400B02090 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 2008.