A1 crash in Bedford on 11 July 2014 at 17:29 involving a Mercedes Sprinter van
A Mercedes Sprinter van and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A1 in Bedford at 17:29 on Friday 11 July 2014. The 23-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jul 2014
- Friday, 17:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Sprinter and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18484, longitude -0.30476, in the MK44 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wyboston, Bedford, MK44 3DS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404BA0636
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 421
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 January 2017.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A1 in Bedford, 30 January 2017
6 m awayRef 2017400153060
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the A1 in Bedford, 21 May 2010
7 m awayRef 2010400B01609
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A1 in Bedford, 21 March 2014
7 m awayRef 2014404BA0265
Serious
MAN crash on the A1 in Bedford, 13 April 2005
8 m awayRef 200540B010020
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A1 in Bedford, 13 July 2009
15 m awayRef 2009400B01977
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A1 in Bedford, 20 November 2010
15 m awayRef 2010400B03448
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
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 2014404BA0636 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.