B1042 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 28 August 2008 at 16:06 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire at 16:06 on Thursday 28 August 2008. The 42-year-old female driver of the Citroen Saxo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Aug 2008
- Thursday, 16:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12762, longitude -0.29881, in the SG19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandy, Central Bedfordshire, SG19 1NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008400B02623
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 1042
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 September 2021.
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 19 September 2021
6 m awayRef 2021401089996
Serious
Kia Niro crash on the A1 in Central Bedfordshire, 18 December 2025
7 m awayRef 2025401684848
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 1 March 2004
10 m awayRef 2004400B00728
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 25 May 2012
10 m awayRef 2012400BA0357
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B1042 in Bedford, 21 September 1999
14 m awayRef 199940B261199
Slight
Volvo V60 crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 August 2023
16 m awayRef 2023401343856
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Saxo)
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 2008400B02623 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.