B660 crash in Bedford on 17 April 2013 at 17:45 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a car were involved in a crash on the B660 in Bedford at 17:45 on Wednesday 17 April 2013. The 38-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat and the 25-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2013
- Wednesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14918, longitude -0.45424, 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
- 2013400BA0228
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 2001.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B660 in Bedford, 16 August 2001
At the same spotRef 2001400B02707
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B660 in Bedford, 9 October 2012
At the same spotRef 2012400BA0725
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B660 in Bedford, 16 March 2002
At the same spotRef 2002400B00948
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the B660 in Bedford, 14 November 2004
At the same spotRef 2004400B03404
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B660 in Bedford, 27 February 1999
10 m awayRef 199940B057199
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 26 June 1999
10 m awayRef 199940B198699
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 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
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, 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 2013400BA0228 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 2013.