A4280 crash in Bedford on 21 June 2022 at 08:35 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and a Toyota Auris were involved in a crash on the A4280 in Bedford at 08:35 on Tuesday 21 June 2022. The 55-year-old male driver of the Toyota Auris was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2022
- Tuesday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and Toyota Auris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13958, longitude -0.4896, in the MK40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queens Park, Bedford, MK40 4LF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022401204589
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4280
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2005.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A428 in Bedford, 29 July 2005
14 m awayRef 200540B021000
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A428 in Bedford, 11 July 1994
37 m awayRef 19944000B0861
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 17 May 1983
37 m awayRef 19834000B0502
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A428 in Bedford, 4 July 1993
37 m awayRef 19934000B0773
Slight
Car crash on the A428 in Bedford, 19 January 1997
64 m awayRef 19974000B0082
Slight
Kia Sportage crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 30 July 2018
67 m awayRef 2018400319310
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Auris
Car
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Auris)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2022401204589 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 2022.