B655 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 4 July 2014 at 15:15 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Peugeot Partner and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire at 15:15 on Friday 4 July 2014. The 53-year-old male driver of the Peugeot Partner and the 37-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Insignia were 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
- 4 Jul 2014
- Friday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96295, longitude -0.42151, in the MK45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barton-le-Clay.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404DA0611
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 655
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 May 2001.
Slight
Car crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 May 2001
32 m awayRef 2001400D01655
Slight
Yamaha FZ6 crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 8 May 2008
32 m awayRef 2008400D01418
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 4 May 1988
61 m awayRef 19884000D0752
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 19 August 1984
83 m awayRef 19844000D1366
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 26 March 1979
142 m awayRef 19794000D0746
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 7 June 1984
142 m awayRef 19844000D0898
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot Partner
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot Partner)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Insignia)
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 2014404DA0611 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Central Bedfordshire road accident statistics for 2014.