B530 crash in Bedford on 23 July 2011 at 15:34 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B530 in Bedford at 15:34 on Saturday 23 July 2011. The 45-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2011
- Saturday, 15:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10935, longitude -0.4819, in the MK42 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wixams & Wilstead, Bedford, MK42 9XE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011400BA0034
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 530
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 February 2005.
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the A5134 in Bedford, 15 February 2005
At the same spotRef 200540B005170
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B530 in Bedford, 25 April 2022
4 m awayRef 2022401172573
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B530 in Bedford, 29 September 2015
8 m awayRef 2015405BA0916
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the B530 in Bedford, 10 December 2018
11 m awayRef 2018400805845
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on the B530 in Bedford, 2 November 2025
14 m awayRef 2025401662674
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B530 in Bedford, 30 November 2008
22 m awayRef 2008400B03534
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2011400BA0034 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.