A505 crash in Luton on 1 December 2025 at 23:55 involving an Audi S3
An Audi S3 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A505 in Luton at 23:55 on Monday 1 December 2025. The 25-year-old male driver of the Audi S3 and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Audi S3 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Monday, 23:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi S3 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.89082, longitude -0.44542, 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
- 2025401676809
- 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
- 505
- Road type
- Single 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
- Unclassified
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 30 September 2019.
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 30 September 2019
3 m awayRef 2019400882613
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A505 in Luton, 7 June 2015
3 m awayRef 2015405CA0647
Slight
Car crash on the A505 in Luton, 25 January 2001
5 m awayRef 2001400C00433
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Luton, 26 March 2009
5 m awayRef 2009400C00866
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on a C road in Luton, 11 September 2008
5 m awayRef 2008400C02726
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on a C road in Luton, 30 November 2008
10 m awayRef 2008400C03528
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi S3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi S3)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi S3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2025401676809 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.