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Serious unclassified road crash in Bedford MK40 on 24 May 2023 at 14:21 involving a mobility scooter

A mobility scooter hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Bedford at 14:21 on Wednesday 24 May 2023. A 90-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 May 2023
Wednesday, 14:21
Vehicles
1
Mobility scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13698, longitude -0.45406, in the MK40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Castle & Newnham, Bedford, MK40 3TU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bedford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2023401316228
Council area
Bedford
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
20 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mobility scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    93 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 90, hit by vehicle 1 (Mobility scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2023401316228 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.