A5134 crash in Bedford on 20 July 2012 at 10:35 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a minibus were involved in a crash on the A5134 in Bedford at 10:35 on Friday 20 July 2012. The 30-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jul 2012
- Friday, 10:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and minibus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1188, longitude -0.45485, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cauldwell, Bedford, MK42 9UT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012400BA0498
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5134
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 2018.
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Toyota Avensis crash on the A5134 in Bedford, 12 July 2016
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Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5134 in Bedford, 1 February 2005
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Minibus
Minibus (8 to 16 seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 2012400BA0498 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.