Unclassified road crash in Bedford MK41 on 4 August 2025 at 09:27 involving a Hyundai Kona
A Hyundai Kona and an Alfa Romeo Mito were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bedford at 09:27 on Monday 4 August 2025. The 61-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Kona was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Aug 2025
- Monday, 09:27
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai Kona and Alfa Romeo Mito
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.16069, longitude -0.49536, in the MK41 postcode district and within the built-up area of Clapham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clapham & Oakley, Bedford, MK41 6AY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025401635720
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 February 2023.
Serious
Suzuki Ignis crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 9 February 2023
7 m awayRef 2023401276566
Slight
Kawasaki EX250 crash on the A6 in Bedford, 29 June 1999
9 m awayRef 199940B170399
Serious
Yamaha crash on a C road in Bedford, 18 October 2005
11 m awayRef 200540B027490
Slight
MG ZR crash on a C road in Bedford, 12 February 2014
17 m awayRef 2014404BA0283
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Bedford, 23 December 2000
19 m awayRef 2000400B00146
Serious
Mercedes B Class crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 21 September 2019
25 m awayRef 2019400918571
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Kona
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Alfa Romeo Mito
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Kona)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2025401635720 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 2025.