A505 crash in Luton on 3 June 2014 at 14:00 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A Vauxhall Vectra and a Citroen Berlingo were involved in a crash on the A505 in Luton at 14:00 on Tuesday 3 June 2014. The 19-year-old female driver of the Citroen Berlingo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jun 2014
- Tuesday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vectra and Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87655, longitude -0.41571, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Luton, LU1 2AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404CA0637
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 505
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 October 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the A505 in Luton, 4 October 2015
2 m awayRef 2015405CA1194
Slight
Suzuki Swift crash on the A505 in Luton, 12 July 2016
4 m awayRef 2016400093435
Slight
Car crash on the A505 in Luton, 25 October 2016
5 m awayRef 2016400124009
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A505 in Luton, 26 October 2013
8 m awayRef 2013400CA0894
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 3 December 2000
8 m awayRef 2000400C03656
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A505 in Luton, 30 August 2004
10 m awayRef 2004400C02610
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Berlingo)
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 2014404CA0637 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.