A6 crash in Luton on 14 November 2025 at 20:35 involving a Hyundai i40
A Hyundai i40 and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A6 in Luton at 20:35 on Friday 14 November 2025. The 21-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i40 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 2025
- Friday, 20:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i40 and Nissan Qashqai
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.88182, longitude -0.4235, in the LU1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Luton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Central, Luton, LU1 2AR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025401675121
- Council area
- Luton
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 505
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2023.
Slight
Mercedes ML Class crash on the A6 in Luton, 6 September 2023
2 m awayRef 2023401352797
Slight
Lexus IS 250 crash on the A6 in Luton, 21 August 2023
2 m awayRef 2023401351642
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A6 in Luton, 22 June 2008
4 m awayRef 2008400C01927
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A6 in Luton, 31 May 2002
4 m awayRef 2002400C01796
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A6 in Luton, 21 March 2013
4 m awayRef 2013400CA0240
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A505 in Luton, 20 July 2025
5 m awayRef 2025401618720
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,685 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i40)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025401675121 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.