A6001 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 21 August 2017 at 17:32 involving a Vauxhall Agila
A Vauxhall Agila hit a pedestrian on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire at 17:32 on Monday 21 August 2017. A 61-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2017
- Monday, 17:32
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Agila
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08686, longitude -0.2641, in the SG18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Biggleswade. It is one of the crashes that make up the Biggleswade West, Central Bedfordshire, SG18 0AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017400217705
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6001
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2012.
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 30 June 2012
8 m awayRef 2012400BA0434
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 22 December 2006
16 m awayRef 200640B000600
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 25 June 2018
21 m awayRef 2018400308237
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 6 October 2014
23 m awayRef 2014404BA0922
Slight
Bus crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 April 2007
24 m awayRef 2007400B01197
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on the A6001 in Central Bedfordshire, 19 July 2009
27 m awayRef 2009400B02071
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Agila
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 61, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Agila)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 2017400217705 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.