B530 crash in Bedford on 13 November 2021 at 19:03 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the B530 in Bedford at 19:03 on Saturday 13 November 2021. The 54-year-old male driver of the Nissan Qashqai was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Nov 2021
- Saturday, 19:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 307 and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.08388, longitude -0.48942, in the MK43 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021401110706
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 530
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the A418 in Bedford, 1 October 1981
12 m awayRef 19814000B1135
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B530 in Bedford, 19 June 1995
12 m awayRef 19954000B0707
Slight
Cagiva crash on the B530 in Bedford, 28 June 2002
19 m awayRef 2002400B02090
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B530 in Bedford, 2 February 1999
21 m awayRef 199940B031499
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B530 in Bedford, 18 February 2022
31 m awayRef 2022401150825
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B530 in Bedford, 17 December 2014
45 m awayRef 2014404BA1230
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)
- 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 2021401110706 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.