A6 crash in Luton on 6 August 2021 at 22:20 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A6 in Luton at 22:20 on Friday 6 August 2021. The 28-year-old male driver of the Audi A3 and a 24-year-old male passenger in the Audi A3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Aug 2021
- Friday, 22:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A1 and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88317, longitude -0.41678, in the LU2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Luton, LU1 2AR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021401077334
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 2 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 December 2015.
Serious
Car crash on the A6 in Luton, 21 December 2015
2 m awayRef 2015405CA1572
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A6 in Luton, 26 November 2020
2 m awayRef 2020401004074
Slight
Renault Espace crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 5 February 2006
6 m awayRef 200640C004010
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 7 May 2006
9 m awayRef 200640C011080
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 19 September 2006
9 m awayRef 200640C022380
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A6 in Luton, 27 October 2023
10 m awayRef 2023401368838
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2021401077334 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 2021.