B660 crash in Bedford on 14 August 2021 at 20:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B660 in Bedford at 20:00 on Saturday 14 August 2021. The 51-year-old male driver of the car, a 36-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta and a 37-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 2021
- Saturday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15697, longitude -0.45382, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brickhill, Bedford, MK41 7BX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021401079982
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 660
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2024.
Slight
Honda CBR crash on the B660 in Bedford, 18 July 2024
1 m awayRef 2024401474655
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B660 in Bedford, 25 September 2015
5 m awayRef 2015405BA0879
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B660 in Bedford, 12 March 2010
9 m awayRef 2010400B00780
Slight
Hyundai Amica crash on the B660 in Bedford, 29 March 2001
10 m awayRef 2001400B01143
Serious
Suzuki Ignis crash on the B660 in Bedford, 18 August 2025
11 m awayRef 2025401632048
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B660 in Bedford, 15 July 2023
13 m awayRef 2023401333611
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2021401079982 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 2021.