Unclassified road crash in Central Bedfordshire MK45 on 5 July 2017 at 18:40 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco
A Volkswagen Scirocco and a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire at 18:40 on Wednesday 5 July 2017. The 23-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco and the 18-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle were 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
- 5 Jul 2017
- Wednesday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Scirocco and Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96831, longitude -0.42704, in the MK45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barton-le-Clay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barton-le-Clay & Silsoe, Central Bedfordshire, MK45 4LU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017400200617
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 655
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2024.
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 December 2024
6 m awayRef 2024401533905
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 22 November 2000
6 m awayRef 2000400D03602
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 8 July 2009
11 m awayRef 2009400D01965
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 1 March 2000
19 m awayRef 2000400D00832
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 31 May 2008
20 m awayRef 2008400D01686
Serious
Suzuki crash on the B655 in Central Bedfordshire, 8 December 1999
24 m awayRef 199940D352299
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)
Casualty 2: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R125)
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 2017400200617 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.