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Serious A505 crash in Luton on 8 October 2012 at 16:55 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A505 in Luton at 16:55 on Monday 8 October 2012. A 39-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Focus was seriously injured and a 42-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Oct 2012
Monday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87779, longitude -0.41867, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Luton, LU1 2AR area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2012400CA1110
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
505
Road type
Dual 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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 2012400CA1110 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.