A5 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 13 August 2016 at 09:55 involving a Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle
A Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A5 in Central Bedfordshire at 09:55 on Saturday 13 August 2016. The 51-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XJ 600 N motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2016
- Saturday, 09:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha XJ 600 N and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89224, longitude -0.52972, in the LU6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunstable. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunstable North, Central Bedfordshire, LU6 1ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016400104721
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 2014.
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A5 in Central Bedfordshire, 22 February 2014
4 m awayRef 2014404DA0166
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 8 April 2013
5 m awayRef 2013400DA0227
Slight
Honda Accord crash on the A5 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 June 2015
7 m awayRef 2015405DA0478
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A505 in Central Bedfordshire, 11 May 2023
7 m awayRef 2023401309193
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 17 January 2000
8 m awayRef 2000400D00368
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A5 in Central Bedfordshire, 20 September 2011
8 m awayRef 2011400DA0213
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha XJ 600 N
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 51, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XJ 600 N)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2016400104721 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.