Unclassified road crash in Bedford MK43 on 17 November 2014 at 06:45 involving an Audi TT
An Audi TT hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Bedford at 06:45 on Monday 17 November 2014. A 31-year-old female pedestrian and a 35-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Nov 2014
- Monday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi TT
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.10139, longitude -0.50228, in the MK43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kempston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kempston West, Bedford, MK42 7GX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404BA1095
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi TT
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi TT)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi TT)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
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 2014404BA1095 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.