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A5228 crash in Luton on 29 May 2025 at 18:10 involving a Toyota Aygo

A Toyota Aygo and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A5228 in Luton at 18:10 on Thursday 29 May 2025. The 21-year-old male driver of the Toyota Aygo was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 May 2025
Thursday, 18:10
Vehicles
2
Toyota Aygo and Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89756, longitude -0.44853, in the LU4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Beech Hill, Luton, LU4 8LX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Luton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2025401596274
Council area
Luton
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
5228
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
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Aygo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    Within 5 km

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Aygo)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 2025401596274 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 2025.