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Fatal A421 crash in Bedford on 24 December 2020 at 19:37 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus crashed on the A421 in Bedford at 19:37 on Thursday 24 December 2020. A 53-year-old male passenger was killed and the 21-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Dec 2020
Thursday, 19:37
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.07889, longitude -0.53244, in the MK43 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wixams & Wilstead, Bedford, MK43 9EJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bedford

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020401010057
Council area
Bedford
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
421
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 33 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Serious injury band
    Very serious

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2020401010057 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.