B4373 crash in Shropshire on 29 September 1979 at 21:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4373 in Shropshire at 21:00 on Saturday 29 September 1979. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and an 18-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 1979
- Saturday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5308, longitude -2.41816, in the WV16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bridgnorth.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1979220109054
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4373
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2020.
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on the B4363 in Shropshire, 20 March 2020
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Slight
Renault 9 crash on the B4363 in Shropshire, 15 April 1995
10 m awayRef 199522GN05395
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B4363 in Shropshire, 1 April 1994
10 m awayRef 199422GQ02778
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4363 in Shropshire, 23 June 1990
10 m awayRef 1990220106040
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the B4363 in Shropshire, 23 October 1996
14 m awayRef 199622GG11944
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4373 in Shropshire, 27 April 1979
14 m awayRef 1979220104050
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 1979220109054 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Shropshire road accident statistics for 1979.