B658 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 23 March 2020 at 14:30 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class, a Ford Focus and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire at 14:30 on Monday 23 March 2020. The 47-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van 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
- 23 Mar 2020
- Monday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Mercedes A Class and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09133, longitude -0.2879, in the SG18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020400943683
- 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
- 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, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2001.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 16 November 2001
38 m awayRef 2001400B03838
Slight
Leyland Roadrunner crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 3 June 1998
47 m awayRef 19984000E0490
Slight
Volvo 760 crash on the B658 in Central Bedfordshire, 24 January 1998
47 m awayRef 19984000E0094
Slight
Colt Hatchback crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 17 August 1990
47 m awayRef 19904000D1439
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 10 April 1994
55 m awayRef 19944000E0361
Slight
Hyundai X2 crash on a C road in Central Bedfordshire, 6 February 2000
62 m awayRef 2000400D00491
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,595 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 86 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,402 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020400943683 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 2020.