B660 crash in Bedford on 18 July 2024 at 20:47 involving a Honda CBR motorcycle
A car and a Honda CBR motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B660 in Bedford at 20:47 on Thursday 18 July 2024. The 20-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR motorcycle was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2024
- Thursday, 20:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda CBR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.15696, longitude -0.45384, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Brickhill, Bedford, MK41 7BX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024401474655
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 660
- 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
- Unclassified
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2021.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B660 in Bedford, 14 August 2021
1 m awayRef 2021401079982
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B660 in Bedford, 25 September 2015
6 m awayRef 2015405BA0879
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B660 in Bedford, 12 March 2010
8 m awayRef 2010400B00780
Slight
Hyundai Amica crash on the B660 in Bedford, 29 March 2001
10 m awayRef 2001400B01143
Serious
Suzuki Ignis crash on the B660 in Bedford, 18 August 2025
11 m awayRef 2025401632048
Slight
Toyota Prius crash on the B660 in Bedford, 15 July 2023
14 m awayRef 2023401333611
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2024401474655 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.