A600 crash in Bedford on 21 October 2015 at 16:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Oct 2015
- Wednesday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13061, longitude -0.46463, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Greyfriars, Bedford, MK40 1AS area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015405BA0992
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 600
- Road type
- Roundabout
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 5140
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 2004.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6 in Bedford, 22 January 2004
6 m awayRef 2004400B00300
Serious
Rover 100 Series crash on the A6 in Bedford, 16 August 2000
6 m awayRef 2000400B02498
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A5140 in Bedford, 16 December 2011
8 m awayRef 2011400BA0482
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A6 in Bedford, 11 August 2002
8 m awayRef 2002400B02561
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on the A5140 in Bedford, 2 March 2007
8 m awayRef 2007400B00757
Slight
Volvo crash on the A600 in Bedford, 17 September 2014
9 m awayRef 2014404BA0866
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 2015405BA0992 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bedford road accident statistics for 2015.