A1 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 16 June 2024 at 17:00 involving a Seat Ibiza
A Seat Ibiza and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A1 in Central Bedfordshire at 17:00 on Sunday 16 June 2024. The 33-year-old female driver of the Seat Ibiza and a 33-year-old female passenger in the Seat Ibiza were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Jun 2024
- Sunday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Seat Ibiza and Scania
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12692, longitude -0.29906, in the SG19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Sandy. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sandy, Central Bedfordshire, SG19 1NF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024401459332
- Council area
- Central Bedfordshire
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 1
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 February 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A603 in Bedford, 19 February 2001
14 m awayRef 2001400B00893
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A1 in Central Bedfordshire, 8 May 2006
37 m awayRef 200640B011150
Slight
Car crash on the A1 in Central Bedfordshire, 18 July 1986
38 m awayRef 19864000D1408
Serious
Car crash on the A1 in Central Bedfordshire, 26 July 1997
38 m awayRef 19974000E0667
Slight
Lorry crash on the A1 in Central Bedfordshire, 29 July 1997
38 m awayRef 19974000E0707
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A1 in Central Bedfordshire, 18 May 1983
38 m awayRef 19834000D0830
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,742 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Ibiza)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2024401459332 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 2024.