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B4540 crash in Luton on 13 August 2024 at 21:16 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the B4540 in Luton at 21:16 on Tuesday 13 August 2024. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Aug 2024
Tuesday, 21:16
Vehicles
1
Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.86245, longitude -0.42984, in the LU1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South, Luton, LU1 4BQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Luton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024401480022
Council area
Luton
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4540
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dark, no street lighting
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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Engine capacity
    1,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside
    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 2024401480022 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Luton road accident statistics for 2024.