Unclassified road crash in Luton LU2 on 2 June 2015 at 13:17 involving a Mercedes van
A Mercedes van and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 13:17 on Tuesday 2 June 2015. The 34-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jun 2015
- Tuesday, 13:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.87922, longitude -0.40363, in the LU2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vauxhall, Luton, LU2 0SX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015405CA0600
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 14 May 2017
4 m awayRef 2017400184718
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Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 12 December 2015
7 m awayRef 2015405CA1489
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Volvo crash on the A6 in Luton, 21 December 2015
7 m awayRef 2015405CA1527
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Citroen Xsara crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 10 October 2013
8 m awayRef 2013400CA0853
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Nissan Almera crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 15 October 2002
8 m awayRef 2002400C03427
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Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 7 August 2003
8 m awayRef 2003400C02258
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, 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 2015405CA0600 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 2015.