B660 crash in Bedford on 10 May 2011 at 15:30 involving a DAF Trucks FTG 95XF lorry
A DAF Trucks FTG 95XF lorry and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the B660 in Bedford at 15:30 on Tuesday 10 May 2011. The 40-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 May 2011
- Tuesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- DAF Trucks FTG 95XF and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.17168, longitude -0.44892, in the MK44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011400B01280
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 660
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 2017.
Serious
Skoda Octavia crash on the B660 in Bedford, 26 September 2017
19 m awayRef 2017400238005
Slight
Car crash on the B660 in Bedford, 2 December 1997
50 m awayRef 19974000B1491
Slight
Car crash on the B660 in Bedford, 20 November 1985
50 m awayRef 19854000B1198
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B660 in Bedford, 20 December 1994
67 m awayRef 19944000B1591
Serious
Car crash on the B660 in Bedford, 10 November 2005
71 m awayRef 200540B029370
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B660 in Bedford, 21 July 1979
81 m awayRef 19794000B0913
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FTG 95XF
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,720 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
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 2011400B01280 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 2011.