A6001 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 16 July 2011 at 12:51 involving a Mitsubishi
A Mitsubishi, a Mercedes C Class and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire at 12:51 on Saturday 16 July 2011. A 44-year-old female passenger in the Mitsubishi was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jul 2011
- Saturday, 12:51
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mitsubishi and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09229, longitude -0.26833, in the SG18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Biggleswade. It is one of the crashes that make up the Biggleswade West, Central Bedfordshire, SG18 0AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011400BA0005
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6001
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 2016.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 July 2016
22 m awayRef 2016400093353
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 July 2022
24 m awayRef 2022401201492
Slight
Volvo 360 crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 5 July 1999
30 m awayRef 199940B193299
Slight
Car crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 11 April 2015
33 m awayRef 2015405BA0308
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A600 in Central Bedfordshire, 23 February 2004
41 m awayRef 2004400B00629
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 2 August 2024
48 m awayRef 2024401481797
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,477 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 2011400BA0005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Central Bedfordshire road accident statistics for 2011.