Unclassified road crash in Bedford MK41 on 15 December 2014 at 07:43 involving a Toyota Landcruiser
A Toyota Landcruiser and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bedford at 07:43 on Monday 15 December 2014. The 34-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Meriva was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2014
- Monday, 07:43
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Landcruiser and Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15057, longitude -0.47293, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Harpur, Bedford, MK41 7BJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404BA1226
- 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
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2014.
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 19 December 2014
2 m awayRef 2014404BA1243
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 21 March 2010
25 m awayRef 2010400B00858
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 26 January 2000
26 m awayRef 2000400B00443
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 30 October 2001
32 m awayRef 2001400B03505
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 11 March 2014
33 m awayRef 2014404BA0203
Slight
Yamaha crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 9 June 1993
48 m awayRef 19934000B0679
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Landcruiser
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,982 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)
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 2014404BA1226 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.