A5065 crash in Luton on 16 August 2021 at 16:57 involving a Honda NSC 110 motorcycle
A Honda NSC 110 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Vivaro van were involved in a crash on the A5065 in Luton at 16:57 on Monday 16 August 2021. The 19-year-old male rider of the Honda NSC 110 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Aug 2021
- Monday, 16:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda NSC 110 and Vauxhall Vivaro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88757, longitude -0.45545, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Challney, Luton, LU4 8QW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Luton
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021401079848
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5065
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A5065 in Luton, 9 June 2016
3 m awayRef 2016400083050
Slight
Rover 600 Series crash on the A5065 in Luton, 17 June 2000
6 m awayRef 2000400C01827
Slight
Kia Soul crash on the A5065 in Luton, 5 September 2013
9 m awayRef 2013400CA0723
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5065 in Luton, 17 August 2001
15 m awayRef 2001400C02715
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A505 in Luton, 26 August 2011
15 m awayRef 2011400CA0171
Slight
Piaggio Vespa crash on the A505 in Luton, 7 December 2011
17 m awayRef 2011400CA0636
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda NSC 110
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NSC 110)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021401079848 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.