Unclassified road crash in Central Bedfordshire MK17 on 21 August 2018 at 18:30 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Honda CB600F motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire at 18:30 on Tuesday 21 August 2018. The 28-year-old male rider of the Honda CB600F motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2018
- Tuesday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Honda CB600F
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.96484, longitude -0.62074, in the MK17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018400324155
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 80 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B528 in Central Bedfordshire, 21 November 2000
80 m awayRef 2000400D03583
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5 in Central Bedfordshire, 16 October 2000
418 m awayRef 2000400D03084
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 12 November 2016
588 m awayRef 2016400138395
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 13 July 2001
677 m awayRef 2001400D02305
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 3 March 2023
731 m awayRef 2023401286196
Slight
Van crash on the A5 in Central Bedfordshire, 6 December 1981
773 m awayRef 19814000D2502
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CB600F
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 28, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CB600F)
- 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 2018400324155 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.