Fatal A4146 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 22 April 2012 at 11:23 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a Citroen C2 were involved in a crash on the A4146 in Central Bedfordshire at 11:23 on Sunday 22 April 2012. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Honda Jazz was killed.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 22 Apr 2012
- Sunday, 11:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and Citroen C2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80937, longitude -0.53059, in the HP4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2012400D00224
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4146
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- C
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2004.
Slight
Jaguar S Type crash on the A4146 in Central Bedfordshire, 22 August 2004
At the same spotRef 2004400D02562
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 29 May 2004
At the same spotRef 20044100D0506
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the A4146 in Dacorum, 15 October 1994
At the same spotRef 19944100D0392
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4146 in Central Bedfordshire, 7 August 2009
At the same spotRef 2009400D02222
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 19 August 2025
2 m awayRef 2025401631263
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B440 in Central Bedfordshire, 6 November 2020
4 m awayRef 2020401001820
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C2
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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
FatalFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2012400D00224 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Central Bedfordshire road accident statistics for 2012.