A6 crash in Bedford on 28 November 2025 at 07:40 involving an Audi A1
An Audi A1 and a Volvo XC60 were involved in a crash on the A6 in Bedford at 07:40 on Friday 28 November 2025. The 20-year-old male driver of the Audi A1 and the 50-year-old female driver of the Volvo XC60 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2025
- Friday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A1 and Volvo XC60
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.24264, longitude -0.5348, in the MK44 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Bedford
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025401680335
- Council area
- Bedford
- Police force
- Bedfordshire
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 6
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 1 September 2020.
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the A6 in Bedford, 1 September 2020
1 m awayRef 2020400979599
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 750 crash on the A6 in Bedford, 20 April 2008
6 m awayRef 2008400B01218
Slight
Car crash on the A6 in Bedford, 1 February 2008
6 m awayRef 2008400B00457
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A6 in Bedford, 8 December 2018
6 m awayRef 2018400808663
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A6 in Bedford, 24 August 2007
6 m awayRef 2007400B02639
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A6 in Bedford, 4 April 2005
6 m awayRef 200540B010040
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A1)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC60)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025401680335 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.