A4012 crash in Central Bedfordshire on 7 November 2025 at 20:00 involving a Skoda Superb
A Skoda Superb hit a pedestrian on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire at 20:00 on Friday 7 November 2025. A 62-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Nov 2025
- Friday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Skoda Superb
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.91276, longitude -0.65673, in the LU7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Leighton Buzzard. It is one of the crashes that make up the Leighton-Linslade South, Central Bedfordshire, LU7 1DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Central Bedfordshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025401665196
- 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
- 4012
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2021.
Slight
Car crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 25 January 2021
3 m awayRef 2021401017379
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A4146 in Central Bedfordshire, 4 June 2002
6 m awayRef 2002400D01818
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 13 September 2022
14 m awayRef 2022401223137
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 13 May 2016
15 m awayRef 2016400069646
Slight
Saab 900 crash on an unclassified road in Central Bedfordshire, 6 April 2002
17 m awayRef 2002400D01200
Slight
Van crash on the A4012 in Central Bedfordshire, 12 August 2013
17 m awayRef 2013400DA0557
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2025401665196 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 2025.