A4012 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 31 July 2023 at 19:08 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire at 19:08 on Monday 31 July 2023. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Jul 2023
- Monday, 19:08
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.929, longitude -0.59196, in the LU7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Heath & Reach, Central Bedfordshire, LU7 9NB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023401340360
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4012
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2004.
Slight
Car crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 9 December 2004
28 m awayRef 2004400D03696
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 24 March 2005
28 m awayRef 200540D008450
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 30 November 2004
46 m awayRef 2004400D03588
Slight
Vauxhall Chevette crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 16 March 1990
48 m awayRef 19904000D0528
Serious
Car crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 28 October 1984
48 m awayRef 19844000D1760
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 6 April 2008
55 m awayRef 2008400D01074
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2023401340360 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Central Bedfordshire road accident statistics for 2023.