A505 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 2 April 2013 at 08:55 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio, a Vauxhall Astra and a Peugeot 407 were involved in a crash on the A505 in Central Bedfordshire at 08:55 on Tuesday 2 April 2013. The 68-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2013
- Tuesday, 08:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Renault Clio and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89074, longitude -0.48739, in the LU5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poets, Luton, LU4 0LJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2013400DA0217
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 505
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2013.
Slight
Ford crash on the A505 in Central Bedfordshire, 27 November 2013
At the same spotRef 2013400DA0856
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A505 in Central Bedfordshire, 30 April 2002
At the same spotRef 2002400D01430
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 14 May 2004
10 m awayRef 2004400D01484
Slight
Car crash on the A505 in Central Bedfordshire, 30 August 2012
10 m awayRef 2012400CA0925
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A505 in Central Bedfordshire, 2 July 2017
17 m awayRef 2017400203631
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A505 in Central Bedfordshire, 24 February 2024
18 m awayRef 2024401414650
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 87 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 407
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 2013400DA0217 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.