Serious B660 crash in Bedford on 6 July 2010 at 06:37 involving a Rover 200 Series
A car, a Rover 200 Series and a Land Rover Range Rover were involved in a crash on the B660 in Bedford at 06:37 on Tuesday 6 July 2010. The 20-year-old female driver of the Rover 200 Series was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Jul 2010
- Tuesday, 06:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 200 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.21692, longitude -0.40929, in the MK44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010400B02174
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 660
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- C
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 76 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 1980.
Slight
Car crash on the B660 in Bedford, 23 December 1980
76 m awayRef 19804000B1710
Slight
Honda crash on the B660 in Bedford, 9 July 1999
100 m awayRef 199940B182899
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B660 in Bedford, 15 October 1990
173 m awayRef 19904000B1101
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B660 in Bedford, 6 December 1993
272 m awayRef 19934000B1627
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Bedford, 13 April 2007
300 m awayRef 2007400B01219
Slight
Van crash on the B660 in Bedford, 29 August 1984
337 m awayRef 19844000B0820
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Land Rover Range Rover
Car
- Towing and articulation
- Other tow
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,628 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)
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 2010400B02174 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 2010.