A5065 crash in Luton on 14 February 2014 at 22:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Two Vauxhall Corsas and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A5065 in Luton at 22:50 on Friday 14 February 2014. The 22-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Feb 2014
- Friday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88791, longitude -0.46201, in the LU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Challney, Luton, LU4 8QW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404CA0159
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5065
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 February 2008.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5065 in Luton, 20 February 2008
7 m awayRef 2008400C00638
Slight
BMW X3 crash on the A5065 in Luton, 3 January 2016
17 m awayRef 2016406CA0017
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 5 January 2023
25 m awayRef 2023401262100
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A5065 in Luton, 17 December 2002
28 m awayRef 2002400C04125
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A5065 in Luton, 19 August 2009
33 m awayRef 2009400C02509
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5065 in Luton, 23 November 2008
37 m awayRef 2008400C03491
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2014404CA0159 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 2014.