A5065 crash in Luton on 9 February 2016 at 18:25 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, an Audi A4 and a Mercedes E Class were involved in a crash on the A5065 in Luton at 18:25 on Tuesday 9 February 2016. A 28-year-old male passenger in the Audi A4 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Feb 2016
- Tuesday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88755, longitude -0.45428, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dallow, Luton, LU1 1TQ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016406CA0168
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5065
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5065 in Luton, 8 April 2008
7 m awayRef 2008400C01116
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A5065 in Luton, 10 July 2002
7 m awayRef 2002400C02195
Slight
Saab 9-5 crash on the A5065 in Luton, 11 November 2013
14 m awayRef 2013400CA0983
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the A5065 in Luton, 30 July 2024
19 m awayRef 2024401476451
Serious
Taxi crash on the A505 in Luton, 17 February 2001
36 m awayRef 2001400C00740
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5065 in Luton, 17 May 2016
38 m awayRef 2016400072271
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes E Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,996 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2016406CA0168 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 2016.