Serious A600 crash in Bedford on 14 July 2014 at 22:26 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A car and a Honda CBR125R motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A600 in Bedford at 22:26 on Monday 14 July 2014. The 17-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Jul 2014
- Monday, 22:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda CBR125R
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12226, longitude -0.45439, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsbrook, Bedford, MK42 0NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404BA0674
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 600
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2023.
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the A600 in Bedford, 30 September 2023
3 m awayRef 2023401358915
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A600 in Bedford, 30 May 2012
7 m awayRef 2012400BA0370
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A600 in Bedford, 28 December 2003
7 m awayRef 2003400B03929
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A600 in Bedford, 14 September 2008
7 m awayRef 2008400B02776
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 9 November 2006
8 m awayRef 200640B028380
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A600 in Bedford, 1 December 2020
11 m awayRef 2020401005013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR125R)
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 2014404BA0674 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.