A5141 crash in Bedford on 1 November 2014 at 23:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Two Vauxhall Astras were involved in a crash on the A5141 in Bedford at 23:15 on Saturday 1 November 2014. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 23-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were 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
- 1 Nov 2014
- Saturday, 23:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13103, longitude -0.47057, 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
- 2014404BA1043
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
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 6 September 2014.
Slight
Chrysler Voyager crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 6 September 2014
1 m awayRef 2014404BA0830
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 11 January 2016
2 m awayRef 2016406BA0028
Slight
BMW M3 crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 24 October 2014
2 m awayRef 2014404BA0982
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 17 December 2016
2 m awayRef 2016400140109
Serious
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 27 December 2022
2 m awayRef 2022401267164
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A5141 in Bedford, 26 September 2016
3 m awayRef 2016400117469
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2014404BA1043 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.