B660 crash in Bedford on 24 February 2018 at 14:50 involving a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle and a Honda CBR900RR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B660 in Bedford at 14:50 on Saturday 24 February 2018. The 28-year-old female rider of the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Feb 2018
- Saturday, 14:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha Ybr 125 and Honda CBR900RR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.18308, longitude -0.43619, in the MK44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018400274534
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 660
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2012.
Slight
Citroen C1 crash on the B660 in Bedford, 19 February 2012
9 m awayRef 2012400BA0116
Slight
Yamaha R6 crash on the B660 in Bedford, 12 August 2008
17 m awayRef 2008400B02475
Slight
Car crash on the B660 in Bedford, 25 November 1981
25 m awayRef 19814000B1415
Slight
Car crash on the B660 in Bedford, 30 January 1989
25 m awayRef 19894000B0102
Slight
Case IH crash on the B660 in Bedford, 1 November 1996
25 m awayRef 19964000B1275
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B660 in Bedford, 3 April 1982
25 m awayRef 19824000B0371
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR900RR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 929 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha Ybr 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2018400274534 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bedford road accident statistics for 2018.