B659 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 16 May 2016 at 18:26 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Hyundai Accent were involved in a crash on the B659 in Central Bedfordshire at 18:26 on Monday 16 May 2016. The 58-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Accent was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2016
- Monday, 18:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Hyundai Accent
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.04721, longitude -0.27685, in the SG18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Langford.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016400088871
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 659
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 August 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Caravelle crash on the B659 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 August 2014
34 m awayRef 2014404DA0737
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 25 June 2000
47 m awayRef 2000400D01929
Slight
Lorry crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 17 February 1989
65 m awayRef 19894000D0320
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B659 in Central Bedfordshire, 22 August 2021
66 m awayRef 2021401081222
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 23 May 1989
72 m awayRef 19894000D0860
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 15 July 1989
72 m awayRef 19894000D1205
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Accent
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,341 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Accent)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
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 2016400088871 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 2016.