Unclassified road crash in Luton LU4 on 20 June 2013 at 11:51 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 11:51 on Thursday 20 June 2013. The 51-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and the 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Jun 2013
- Thursday, 11:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89995, longitude -0.46223, 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 9BU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013400CA0520
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 1992.
Slight
Opel Manta crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 25 February 1992
At the same spotRef 19924000C0205
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 23 May 1984
At the same spotRef 19844000C0701
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 2 December 2005
At the same spotRef 200540C033800
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 30 October 1987
At the same spotRef 19874000C1508
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 14 March 1985
At the same spotRef 19854000C0346
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 15 August 1993
At the same spotRef 19934000C1322
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,386 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
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 2013400CA0520 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 2013.