Unclassified road crash in Luton LU2 on 9 May 2018 at 19:20 involving a Honda ST1300A motorcycle
A Honda ST1300A motorcycle and a Toyota RAV4 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 19:20 on Wednesday 9 May 2018. The 29-year-old male rider of the Honda ST1300A motorcycle, the 31-year-old female driver of the Toyota RAV4 and a 24-year-old female passenger on the Honda ST1300A motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 May 2018
- Wednesday, 19:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda ST1300A and Toyota RAV4
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89014, longitude -0.37673, in the LU2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Vauxhall, Luton, LU2 9HW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018400294876
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Unclassified
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2010.
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 7 May 2010
6 m awayRef 2010400C01401
Serious
Renault Megane crash on the A1 in Luton, 15 September 2020
10 m awayRef 2020400985780
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 6 November 2011
13 m awayRef 2011400CA0493
Slight
Alfa Romeo 147 crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 16 January 2012
13 m awayRef 2012400CA0049
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 11 July 2019
13 m awayRef 2019400856535
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 16 December 2019
14 m awayRef 2019400912317
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda ST1300A
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,261 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota RAV4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 29, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda ST1300A)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota RAV4)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda ST1300A)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018400294876 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 2018.