Serious A4012 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 24 September 2014 at 12:24 involving a Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle
A Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire at 12:24 on Wednesday 24 September 2014. The 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 600 motorcycle was seriously injured and the 47-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Sep 2014
- Wednesday, 12:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki GSXR 600 and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92863, longitude -0.59388, in the LU7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2014404DA0912
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4012
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2007.
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 June 2007
11 m awayRef 2007400D01821
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 18 June 2010
13 m awayRef 2010400D01792
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 July 2000
13 m awayRef 2000400D02082
Slight
Car crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 17 September 1987
20 m awayRef 19874000D1614
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 7 November 1998
20 m awayRef 19984000D1096
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 7 June 1996
20 m awayRef 19964000D0662
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSXR 600
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSXR 600)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 2014404DA0912 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.