B660 crash in Bedford on 21 December 2012 at 17:20 involving a Subaru Impreza
A car, a Subaru Impreza and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the B660 in Bedford at 17:20 on Friday 21 December 2012. The 40-year-old female driver of the Subaru Impreza was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2012
- Friday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Subaru Impreza and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14909, longitude -0.45439, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the De Parys, Bedford, MK40 2PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012400BA0936
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 660
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 1999.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 26 June 1999
10 m awayRef 199940B198699
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B660 in Bedford, 27 February 1999
10 m awayRef 199940B057199
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B660 in Bedford, 12 July 2005
10 m awayRef 200540B019940
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B660 in Bedford, 17 April 2013
14 m awayRef 2013400BA0228
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B660 in Bedford, 14 November 2004
14 m awayRef 2004400B03404
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B660 in Bedford, 16 March 2002
14 m awayRef 2002400B00948
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Impreza)
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 2012400BA0936 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.