Unclassified road crash in Luton LU2 on 18 February 2019 at 10:57 involving a Toyota C-HR
A Toyota C-HR and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 10:57 on Monday 18 February 2019. The 26-year-old male driver of the Toyota C-HR and the 42-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2019
- Monday, 10:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota C-HR and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89252, longitude -0.37004, in the LU2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wigmore, Luton, LU2 9UR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019400817638
- Council area
- Luton
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 24 December 2015
5 m awayRef 2015405CA1542
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 28 February 1996
60 m awayRef 19964000C0337
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 15 October 2001
104 m awayRef 2001400C03347
Slight
BMW X5 crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 25 February 2018
105 m awayRef 2018400300738
Slight
Jaguar E-Pace crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 9 October 2021
111 m awayRef 2021401097615
Serious
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 19 March 1999
140 m awayRef 199940C072399
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota C-HR
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota C-HR)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019400817638 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 2019.