Serious A4012 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 15 March 2021 at 14:26 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire at 14:26 on Monday 15 March 2021. The 80-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Mar 2021
- Monday, 14:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91332, longitude -0.65679, in the LU7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leighton Buzzard. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leighton-Linslade South, Central Bedfordshire, LU7 1DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021401033458
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4012
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 2018.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 6 October 2018
6 m awayRef 2018400337025
Slight
Car crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 21 January 2020
7 m awayRef 2020400924528
Slight
Car crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 4 February 2008
8 m awayRef 2008400D00443
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 23 December 2015
11 m awayRef 2015405DA1130
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4146 in Central Bedfordshire, 1 December 2017
11 m awayRef 2017400248077
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 7 July 2021
11 m awayRef 2021401067663
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 80, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2021401033458 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 2021.