B658 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 8 April 2018 at 15:59 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Hyundai Getz were involved in a crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire at 15:59 on Sunday 8 April 2018. The 24-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Getz was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 15:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Hyundai Getz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06784, longitude -0.30373, in the SG18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018400285428
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 658
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 16 November 2021.
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 16 November 2021
1 m awayRef 2021401115320
Serious
MG ZS crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 17 October 2009
3 m awayRef 2009400D02951
Serious
Rover 75 crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 19 February 2020
4 m awayRef 2020400934492
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 16 July 2019
5 m awayRef 2019400863231
Serious
Triumph Tiger crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 April 2015
6 m awayRef 2015405DA0291
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 20 May 2010
8 m awayRef 2010400D01653
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Hyundai Getz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,086 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Getz)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018400285428 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 2018.