Unclassified road crash in Luton LU3 on 12 May 2014 at 07:57 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A bicycle and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 07:57 on Monday 12 May 2014. The 18-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2014
- Monday, 07:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.90585, longitude -0.43594, in the LU3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Saints, Luton, LU3 2LT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404CA0529
- Council area
- Luton
- 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
- Zebra crossing
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%
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 18, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
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 2014404CA0529 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.