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Serious unclassified road crash in Luton LU1 on 24 October 2011 at 16:04 involving a Fiat Ducato van

A bicycle and a Fiat Ducato van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 16:04 on Monday 24 October 2011. The 11-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 20 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Oct 2011
Monday, 16:04
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Fiat Ducato
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88334, longitude -0.4439, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dallow, Luton, LU1 1TQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Luton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2011400CA0445
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Ducato

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,287 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 11, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2011400CA0445 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.