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Fatal A600 crash in Bedford on 12 October 2008 at 03:54 involving a Hyundai Coupe

A Hyundai Coupe and a Ford S-Max were involved in a crash on the A600 in Bedford at 03:54 on Sunday 12 October 2008. A 25-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Hyundai Coupe was killed, two other people were seriously injured and four were slightly injured. One of the others was a pedestrian.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Oct 2008
Sunday, 03:54
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Coupe and Ford S-Max
Casualties
7
1 killed, 2 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12586, longitude -0.45899, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsbrook, Bedford, MK42 0NX area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008400B03056
Council area
Bedford
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
600
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Coupe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,975 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford S-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,521 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Coupe)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Coupe)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Coupe)

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford S-Max)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford S-Max)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford S-Max)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford S-Max)

    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 2008400B03056 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bedford road accident statistics for 2008.