A505 crash in Luton on 1 March 2014 at 16:01 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
A Vauxhall Insignia and a Harley-Davidson XL 883 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A505 in Luton at 16:01 on Saturday 1 March 2014. The 31-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson XL 883 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Mar 2014
- Saturday, 16:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Insignia and Harley-Davidson XL 883
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89107, longitude -0.4468, in the LU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beech Hill, Luton, LU4 8LX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404CA0214
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 505
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2024.
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Yamaha XC crash on the A505 in Luton, 14 July 2022
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Vauxhall Astra crash on the A505 in Luton, 8 October 2022
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Volkswagen Passat crash on the A505 in Luton, 25 October 2025
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Car crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 10 August 2016
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson XL 883
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 883 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson XL 883)
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 2014404CA0214 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.