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Unclassified road crash in Bedford MK40 on 14 June 2024 at 23:10 involving an e-scooter

An e-scooter hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Bedford at 23:10 on Friday 14 June 2024. A 37-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jun 2024
Friday, 23:10
Vehicles
1
E-scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.13094, longitude -0.48678, 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
2024401456669
Council area
Bedford
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

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
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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

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, 34 metres away, was a fatal crash on 17 July 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: E-scooter

    Personal powered transporter (e-scooter or similar)

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No
    E-scooter
    Vehicle was an e-scooter

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (E-scooter)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived
    Distance from home
    Within 5 km

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 2024401456669 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 2024.