Unclassified road crash in Luton LU2 on 4 December 2018 at 08:15 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Luton at 08:15 on Tuesday 4 December 2018. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Dec 2018
- Tuesday, 08:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89213, longitude -0.40165, in the LU2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Round Green, Luton, LU2 0PW area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018400348729
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
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 slight injury crash on 25 July 2014.
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A5228 in Luton, 25 July 2014
1 m awayRef 2014404CA0857
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the A5228 in Luton, 13 December 2015
2 m awayRef 2015405CA1540
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A5228 in Luton, 20 January 2017
2 m awayRef 2017400151250
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the A5228 in Luton, 5 February 2017
4 m awayRef 2017400154287
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A5228 in Luton, 19 August 2012
6 m awayRef 2012400CA0878
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A5228 in Luton, 21 May 2010
6 m awayRef 2010400C01501
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
- 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 2018400348729 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.