Unclassified road crash in Central Bedfordshire MK43 on 25 September 2018 at 13:33 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire at 13:33 on Tuesday 25 September 2018. The 37-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Sep 2018
- Tuesday, 13:33
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.06674, longitude -0.54523, in the MK43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Marston Moretaine. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cranfield & Marston Moretaine, Central Bedfordshire, MK43 0JT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018400332889
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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, 8 metres away, was a fatal crash on 9 August 2025.
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 9 August 2025
8 m awayRef 2025401663992
Serious
Harley-Davidson FXD crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 23 August 2016
11 m awayRef 2016400107151
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 13 December 2003
25 m awayRef 2003400D03830
Serious
Honda CRV crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 20 August 2012
25 m awayRef 2012400DA0647
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 21 October 2010
41 m awayRef 2010400D03097
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in Bedford, 23 March 1992
75 m awayRef 19924000D0408
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2018400332889 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.