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Unclassified road crash in Luton LU4 on 4 February 2012 at 20:33 involving a Toyota Corolla taxi

A Toyota Corolla taxi and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 20:33 on Saturday 4 February 2012. The 36-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Feb 2012
Saturday, 20:33
Vehicles
2
Toyota Corolla and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90537, longitude -0.4712, in the LU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leagrave, Luton, LU4 9EJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012400CA0121
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

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 7 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,231 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 2012400CA0121 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 2012.