Serious C road crash in Bedford MK41 on 6 August 2011 at 18:49 involving an Audi A4
A motorcycle and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on a C road in Bedford at 18:49 on Saturday 6 August 2011. The 49-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Aug 2011
- Saturday, 18:49
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15982, longitude -0.491, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clapham.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2011400BA0100
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 49, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2011400BA0100 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.