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Serious A505 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 9 July 2020 at 18:17 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A505 in Central Bedfordshire at 18:17 on Thursday 9 July 2020. The 28-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jul 2020
Thursday, 18:17
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89269, longitude -0.5302, in the LU6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dunstable. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dunstable North, Central Bedfordshire, LU6 1ED area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020400964758
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
505
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2020400964758 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.