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A1081 crash in Luton on 30 June 2010 at 07:05 involving a Triumph Tiger motorcycle

A Triumph Tiger motorcycle and a Toyota Carina were involved in a crash on the A1081 in Luton at 07:05 on Wednesday 30 June 2010. The 50-year-old male rider of the Triumph Tiger motorcycle and a 23-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Carina were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jun 2010
Wednesday, 07:05
Vehicles
2
Triumph Tiger and Toyota Carina
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.85948, longitude -0.41467, in the LU1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South, Luton, LU1 4GR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Luton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2010400C01978
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
1081
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Unclassified

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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph Tiger

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    955 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Carina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Tiger)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Carina)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 2010400C01978 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.