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Serious unclassified road crash in Bedford MK43 on 5 October 2020 at 08:30 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Bedford at 08:30 on Monday 5 October 2020. A 10-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Oct 2020
Monday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09412, longitude -0.53167, in the MK43 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wootton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wootton & Kempston Rural, Bedford, MK43 9RH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bedford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020400987310
Council area
Bedford
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
Rural
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
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2020400987310 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Bedford road accident statistics for 2020.