A4280 crash in Bedford on 18 February 2023 at 17:54 involving a Fiat 500
A Fiat 500 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A4280 in Bedford at 17:54 on Saturday 18 February 2023. The 28-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Feb 2023
- Saturday, 17:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat 500 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.1426, longitude -0.43068, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Goldington, Bedford, MK41 0UZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023401286122
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2003.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A428 in Bedford, 25 June 2003
2 m awayRef 2003400B02694
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 24 July 2018
2 m awayRef 2018400314787
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 11 April 2025
4 m awayRef 2025401577364
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A4280 in Bedford, 18 March 2016
4 m awayRef 2016406BA0264
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A428 in Bedford, 22 October 2000
8 m awayRef 2000400B03375
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A428 in Bedford, 14 February 2009
8 m awayRef 2009400B00518
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat 500
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2023401286122 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 2023.