Serious A507 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 1 January 2017 at 02:42 involving an Iveco lorry
A bicycle and an Iveco lorry were involved in a crash on the A507 in Central Bedfordshire at 02:42 on Sunday 1 January 2017. The 28-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Jan 2017
- Sunday, 02:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Iveco
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.02607, longitude -0.26517, in the SG15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017400142209
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 507
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 August 2013.
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A507 in Central Bedfordshire, 23 August 2013
5 m awayRef 2013400DA0580
Slight
Mini Paceman crash on the A507 in Central Bedfordshire, 20 July 2025
6 m awayRef 2025401634331
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A507 in Central Bedfordshire, 8 June 2011
32 m awayRef 2011400D01556
Slight
Car crash on the A507 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 December 1989
33 m awayRef 19894000D2328
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the A507 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 February 2012
50 m awayRef 2012400DA0118
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A507 in Central Bedfordshire, 15 November 2014
51 m awayRef 2014404DA1063
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Iveco
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 28, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2017400142209 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 2017.