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Unclassified road crash in Bedford MK40 on 10 February 2014 at 18:50 involving a Ford Galaxy

A bicycle and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bedford at 18:50 on Monday 10 February 2014. The 34-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Feb 2014
Monday, 18:50
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Ford Galaxy
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1319, longitude -0.48539, in the MK40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queens Park, Bedford, MK40 4LF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bedford

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014404BA0140
Council area
Bedford
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Leaving roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 2014404BA0140 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 2014.