B658 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 22 June 2019 at 23:50 involving an Audi A3
An Audi A3 and an Audi A1 were involved in a crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire at 23:50 on Saturday 22 June 2019. The 23-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and the 20-year-old male driver of the Audi A1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Jun 2019
- Saturday, 23:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A3 and Audi A1
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.05348, longitude -0.31199, in the SG18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019400856085
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 658
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 39 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 October 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 8 October 1983
39 m awayRef 19834000D1685
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 4 November 1979
61 m awayRef 19794000D2325
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 17 November 1992
105 m awayRef 19924000D1801
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 17 November 1992
105 m awayRef 19924000D1802
Fatal
BMW R Series crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 10 April 2022
170 m awayRef 2022401164693
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 July 2010
177 m awayRef 2010400D02070
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A1
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
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A1)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019400856085 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 2019.