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Serious A5120 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 11 October 2024 at 23:23 involving a Ford Focus taxi

A Ford Focus taxi and a Vauxhall Mokka were involved in a crash on the A5120 in Central Bedfordshire at 23:23 on Friday 11 October 2024. The 88-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Mokka was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Oct 2024
Friday, 23:23
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Vauxhall Mokka
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.01396, longitude -0.50112, in the MK45 postcode district and within the built-up area of Flitwick. It is one of the crashes that make up the Flitwick, Central Bedfordshire, MK45 1GD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024401504266
Council area
Central Bedfordshire
Police force
Bedfordshire
Police attended the scene
No, reported using a self completion form

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5120
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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

Serious injury band
Moderately 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Taxi or private hire car

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Mokka

    Car

    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    88 years
    Engine capacity
    1,364 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Mokka)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least 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 2024401504266 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.