Unclassified road crash in Bedford MK40 on 14 September 2025 at 01:00 involving a Skoda Superb
A Skoda Superb and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Bedford at 01:00 on Sunday 14 September 2025. The male driver of the Skoda Superb was slightly injured.
It happened after dark on a single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2025
- Sunday, 01:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Superb and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.14131, longitude -0.46819, in the MK40 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bedford. It is one of the crashes that make up the De Parys, Bedford, MK40 2PA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025401642246
- Council area
- Bedford
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
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 6 February 2023.
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BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 6 February 2023
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Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 28 March 2025
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Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 17 October 2001
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Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 28 March 2020, ref 2020400948818
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Land Rover Range Rover crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 21 October 2023
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Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Bedford, 28 March 2020, ref 2020400944611
34 m awayRef 2020400944611
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb
Car
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Car
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)
- 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 2025401642246 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.