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Unclassified road crash in Luton LU1 on 21 December 2017 at 18:00 involving a Peugeot 3008

A Peugeot 3008, a Peugeot 307 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 18:00 on Thursday 21 December 2017. The 50-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Dec 2017
Thursday, 18:00
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 3008 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.8875, longitude -0.45235, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dallow, Luton, LU1 1TQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Luton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017400254458
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 November 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 3008

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Electric diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)

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 2017400254458 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 2017.