A421 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 3 February 2016 at 17:38 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and a Citroen C5 were involved in a crash on the A421 in Central Bedfordshire at 17:38 on Wednesday 3 February 2016. The 49-year-old female driver of the Citroen C5 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2016
- Wednesday, 17:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Citroen C5
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02718, longitude -0.60268, in the MK43 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranfield & Marston Moretaine, Central Bedfordshire, MK43 0AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016406DA0100
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 421
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Motorway
- Second road number
- 1
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2017.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A421 in Central Bedfordshire, 10 May 2017
8 m awayRef 2017400186471
Serious
Yamaha XSR crash on the M1 in Central Bedfordshire, 1 November 2024
9 m awayRef 2024401519185
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A421 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 March 2014
9 m awayRef 2014404DA0219
Serious
Mercedes CLS Class crash on the A421 in Central Bedfordshire, 5 February 2016
14 m awayRef 2016406BA0163
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A421 in Central Bedfordshire, 19 May 2015
17 m awayRef 2015405DA0424
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A421 in Central Bedfordshire, 15 September 2025
19 m awayRef 2025401654239
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C5)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2016406DA0100 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.