Unclassified road crash in Luton LU3 on 11 December 2010 at 21:53 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 21:53 on Saturday 11 December 2010. The 52-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2010
- Saturday, 21:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92316, longitude -0.47757, in the LU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sundon Park, Luton, LU3 3JD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2010400C03718
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 2010.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 24 June 2010
50 m awayRef 2010400C01900
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 3 October 1983
61 m awayRef 19834000C1361
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 17 September 1979
61 m awayRef 19794000C1298
Slight
Mazda 626 crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 30 May 2000
98 m awayRef 2000400C01621
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 13 January 1990
117 m awayRef 19904000C0063
Serious
BMW 6 Series crash on a C road in Luton, 5 July 1992
117 m awayRef 19924000C0765
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2010400C03718 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.