A4280 crash in Bedford on 9 April 2014 at 13:57 involving an Iveco Daily van
An Iveco Daily van and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on the A4280 in Bedford at 13:57 on Wednesday 9 April 2014. A 78-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai i10 was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Apr 2014
- Wednesday, 13:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Iveco Daily and Hyundai i10
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14119, longitude -0.43782, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle & Newnham, Bedford, MK41 9RB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404BA0303
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4280
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 March 2022.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 27 March 2022
5 m awayRef 2022401163299
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 7 November 2013
5 m awayRef 2013400BA0789
Slight
Gilera Dna 50 crash on the A428 in Bedford, 1 March 2005
13 m awayRef 200540B006760
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 27 February 2011
13 m awayRef 2011400B00622
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A428 in Bedford, 21 August 2006
13 m awayRef 200640B019950
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 17 December 2012
13 m awayRef 2012400BA0903
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Iveco Daily
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 2,287 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai i10)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2014404BA0303 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.