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A5 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 19 November 2017 at 17:40 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Peugeot 208 were involved in a crash on the A5 in Central Bedfordshire at 17:40 on Sunday 19 November 2017. The 53-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 208 and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 208 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 2017
Sunday, 17:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Peugeot 208
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92102, longitude -0.49375, in the LU4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Toddington, Central Bedfordshire, LU4 9UB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017400246353
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 unlit
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 208

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 208)

    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 2017400246353 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.