Serious A600 crash in Bedford on 17 August 2013 at 15:58 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat and a Honda CBR600F motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A600 in Bedford at 15:58 on Saturday 17 August 2013. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR600F motorcycle was seriously 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
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Aug 2013
- Saturday, 15:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Passat and Honda CBR600F
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12522, longitude -0.45813, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsbrook, Bedford, MK42 0NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013400BA0616
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 600
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 2015.
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on the A600 in Bedford, 12 September 2015
6 m awayRef 2015405BA0844
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 15 December 1999
10 m awayRef 199940B364599
Serious
Van crash on the A600 in Bedford, 22 November 2006
10 m awayRef 200640B029890
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 12 September 2024
13 m awayRef 2024401496768
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 14 February 2023
13 m awayRef 2023401288526
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A600 in Bedford, 4 April 2025
13 m awayRef 2025401576600
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR600F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR600F)
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 2013400BA0616 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.