A4280 crash in Bedford on 3 June 2011 at 18:54 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Porsche Boxster were involved in a crash on the A4280 in Bedford at 18:54 on Friday 3 June 2011. The 35-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 and the 34-year-old female driver of the Porsche Boxster were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jun 2011
- Friday, 18:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Porsche Boxster
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13963, longitude -0.45997, in the MK40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the De Parys, Bedford, MK40 2PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011400B01540
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4280
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 2009.
Slight
Fiat Marea crash on the A428 in Bedford, 6 May 2009
At the same spotRef 2009400B01900
Slight
BMW 4 Series crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 30 May 2017
7 m awayRef 2017400192376
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A428 in Bedford, 28 June 2001
10 m awayRef 2001400B02153
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 9 November 2019
17 m awayRef 2019400902135
Slight
Citroen C5 crash on the A428 in Bedford, 28 October 2002
22 m awayRef 2002400B03469
Serious
Car crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 8 November 2021
26 m awayRef 2021401110133
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Porsche Boxster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,436 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Porsche Boxster)
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 2011400B01540 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.