A5141 crash in Bedford on 6 September 2014 at 22:30 involving a Chrysler Voyager
A Chrysler Voyager and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A5141 in Bedford at 22:30 on Saturday 6 September 2014. The 43-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Sep 2014
- Saturday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Chrysler Voyager and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13104, longitude -0.47056, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greyfriars, Bedford, MK40 1AS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404BA0830
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5141
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 5141
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 26 September 2016.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 26 September 2016
1 m awayRef 2016400117469
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 1 November 2014
1 m awayRef 2014404BA1043
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 27 December 2022
2 m awayRef 2022401267164
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 24 October 2014
3 m awayRef 2014404BA0982
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 9 April 2016
3 m awayRef 2016400059542
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 11 January 2016
4 m awayRef 2016406BA0028
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Chrysler Voyager
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,301 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 2014404BA0830 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.