A428 crash in Bedford on 3 October 2012 at 08:40 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A428 in Bedford at 08:40 on Wednesday 3 October 2012. The 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Oct 2012
- Wednesday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.20715, longitude -0.28992, in the PE19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Neots Eatons, Huntingdonshire, PE19 8EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012400BA0741
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 428
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 1
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2014.
Slight
Jeep Compass crash on the A428 in Bedford, 20 October 2014
12 m awayRef 2014404BA0974
Slight
Citroen Nemo crash on the A428 in Bedford, 18 December 2018
13 m awayRef 2018400806572
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A428 in Bedford, 19 June 2004
28 m awayRef 2004400B01940
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A428 in Bedford, 17 June 2004
36 m awayRef 2004400B02000
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A1 in Bedford, 9 January 2023
39 m awayRef 2023401268194
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A428 in Bedford, 23 December 2008
42 m awayRef 2008402312208
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 12,740 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2012400BA0741 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.