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Unclassified road crash in Luton LU1 on 7 January 2010 at 11:53 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 11:53 on Thursday 7 January 2010. The 41-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, the 42-year-old female driver of the bus or coach and a 66-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Jan 2010
Thursday, 11:53
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and bus or coach
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87266, longitude -0.41827, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the South, Luton, LU1 3SN area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010400C00186
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    Yes
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    3,922 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 42, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 2010400C00186 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 2010.