Unclassified road crash in Central Bedfordshire SG18 on 9 December 2024 at 07:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa van
A Vauxhall Corsa van and two bicycles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire at 07:30 on Monday 9 December 2024. The 37-year-old male cyclist and the 60-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Monday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.09042, longitude -0.25638, in the SG18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Biggleswade. It is one of the crashes that make up the Biggleswade West, Central Bedfordshire, SG18 0AH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024401538532
- 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
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 November 2012.
Slight
Toyota Auris crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 30 November 2012
9 m awayRef 2012400BA0866
Serious
Van crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 23 July 1990
45 m awayRef 19904000D1291
Slight
Honda XL125V crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 19 February 2012
52 m awayRef 2012400BA0096
Slight
Citroen Dispatch crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire, 20 January 2012
54 m awayRef 2012400BA0044
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire, 16 March 1992
55 m awayRef 19924000D0383
Slight
Car crash on the B1040 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 August 1982
55 m awayRef 19824000D1288
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 37, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 60, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2024401538532 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.