A5141 crash in Bedford on 11 June 2012 at 22:06 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the A5141 in Bedford at 22:06 on Monday 11 June 2012. The 19-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jun 2012
- Monday, 22:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13096, longitude -0.47065, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greyfriars, Bedford, MK40 1AS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012400BA0403
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5141
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5141
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2013.
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Renault Clio crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 15 August 2013
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Renault Clio crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 28 May 2012
At the same spotRef 2012400BA0362
Slight
Mercedes Eqe Class crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 21 July 2024
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 30 May 2016
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Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 17 December 2016
8 m awayRef 2016400140109
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 11 January 2016
8 m awayRef 2016406BA0028
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 2012400BA0403 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 2012.