A4280 crash in Bedford on 31 December 2015 at 18:51 involving a Suzuki Jimny
A bicycle and a Suzuki Jimny were involved in a crash on the A4280 in Bedford at 18:51 on Thursday 31 December 2015. The 35-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2015
- Thursday, 18:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Suzuki Jimny
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14264, longitude -0.43056, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goldington, Bedford, MK41 0UZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015405BA1271
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4280
- 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 May 2000.
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A428 in Bedford, 26 May 2000
4 m awayRef 2000400B01588
Slight
MAN crash on the A428 in Bedford, 31 March 2005
4 m awayRef 200540B009420
Serious
Scooter crash on the A428 in Bedford, 24 October 1989
4 m awayRef 19894000B1152
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 11 April 2025
6 m awayRef 2025401577364
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 18 March 2016
6 m awayRef 2016406BA0264
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A428 in Bedford, 25 June 2003
8 m awayRef 2003400B02694
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Jimny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 35, 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 2015405BA1271 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.