A6 crash in Luton on 25 April 2014 at 09:32 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and a Renault Kangoo were involved in a crash on the A6 in Luton at 09:32 on Friday 25 April 2014. The 32-year-old male driver of the Renault Kangoo and a 35-year-old male passenger in the Renault Kangoo were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Apr 2014
- Friday, 09:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and Renault Kangoo
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8921, longitude -0.4211, in the LU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the High Town, Luton, LU2 7GS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404CA0460
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2014.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A6 in Luton, 20 December 2014
3 m awayRef 2014404CA1493
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6 in Luton, 26 July 2008
8 m awayRef 2008400C02499
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A6 in Luton, 5 September 2002
8 m awayRef 2002400C03037
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A6 in Luton, 27 August 2012
8 m awayRef 2012400CA0934
Serious
Vauxhall Calibra crash on the A6 in Luton, 5 December 1998
8 m awayRef 1998400C06056
Slight
Suzuki Alto crash on the A6 in Luton, 21 July 2015
16 m awayRef 2015405CA0874
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Kangoo)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Kangoo)
- 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 2014404CA0460 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.