Serious B1040 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 1 September 2010 at 07:39 involving a Citroen Saxo
A Citroen Saxo and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire at 07:39 on Wednesday 1 September 2010. The 57-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta 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
- 1 Sep 2010
- Wednesday, 07:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Saxo and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12683, longitude -0.21513, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010400B02729
- 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
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 1042
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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2022.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 19 February 2022
9 m awayRef 2022401147457
Slight
Car crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 4 June 1980
28 m awayRef 19804000D1067
Slight
Car crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 22 June 1982
28 m awayRef 19824000D1022
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B1040 in Bedford, 4 August 2004
58 m awayRef 2004400B02411
Slight
Daewoo Matiz crash on the B1042 in Central Bedfordshire, 30 January 2005
76 m awayRef 200540B003800
Slight
Jaguar X Type crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire, 23 April 2020
80 m awayRef 2020400948208
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2010400B02729 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 2010.