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Serious unclassified road crash in Luton LU4 on 11 May 2022 at 17:15 involving a Toyota Aygo

A car and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Luton at 17:15 on Wednesday 11 May 2022. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 May 2022
Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Car and Toyota Aygo
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89403, longitude -0.49099, in the LU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Poets, Luton, LU4 0LJ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2022401181560
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Toyota Aygo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Aygo)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2022401181560 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 2022.