C road crash in Central Bedfordshire MK45 on 14 March 2013 at 07:40 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris and a Mazda MX-5 were involved in a crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire at 07:40 on Thursday 14 March 2013. The 56-year-old male driver of the Mazda MX-5 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Mar 2013
- Thursday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Yaris and Mazda MX-5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.03091, longitude -0.47217, in the MK45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Maulden.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013400DA0163
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 April 2005.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 28 April 2005
20 m awayRef 200540D011980
Slight
Optare crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 8 March 2017
49 m awayRef 2017400166979
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 23 September 2010
50 m awayRef 2010400D02850
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 21 April 2006
51 m awayRef 200640D009870
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 21 January 1990
51 m awayRef 19904000D0137
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 3 May 1983
51 m awayRef 19834000D0724
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,329 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda MX-5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda MX-5)
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 2013400DA0163 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 2013.