Officers were called at around 6.30pm on Monday (2 February), after reports that a grey Citroen C5 and a white Citroen Berlingo van had collided while travelling northbound near Astwick.
Following the collision, the van left the carriageway and struck a tree.
The driver of the van, a man in his 50s, was taken to hospital with a serious head injury. A passenger in the same vehicle suffered minor injuries.
The driver of the car, a man in his 30s, was not injured.
Sergeant Alex Thomas, from the Bedfordshire Police Road Policing Unit, said officers were working to establish the full circumstances of the collision.
“We are working to establish the full circumstances of this collision and are urging anyone who witnessed the incident, or who may have dashcam footage from the area at the time, to come forward,” he said.
“Our thoughts are with the man who has been seriously injured, and we continue to support his family at this difficult time.”
Anyone who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage from the area at the time is asked to contact police online or via 101, quoting Operation Dagenham.
While Astwick is out of our usual reporting area, we have carried this story as there may be readers who were travelling in the area at the time.
