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Serious unclassified road crash in Luton LU1 on 18 May 2011 at 17:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 17:20 on Wednesday 18 May 2011. The 31-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 May 2011
Wednesday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Honda
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87571, longitude -0.4109, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Luton, LU1 2AR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Luton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011400C01337
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street
Speed limit
20 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
A
Second road number
505

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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,248 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)

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 2011400C01337 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 2011.