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Serious unclassified road crash in Bedford MK42 on 10 July 2024 at 06:30 involving a goods vehicle

A goods vehicle and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bedford at 06:30 on Wednesday 10 July 2024. The 52-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jul 2024
Wednesday, 06:30
Vehicles
2
Goods vehicle and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.12622, longitude -0.47999, in the MK42 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kempston. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kempston Central & East, Bedford, MK42 7NZ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Bedford

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024401466286
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
531

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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Goods vehicle

    Goods vehicle, weight unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Lane or location
    Cycleway or shared use footway (not part of main carriageway)
    Position at junction
    Leaving main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2024401466286 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.