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A5 crash in Shropshire on 19 September 1979 at 06:35 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A5 in Shropshire at 06:35 on Wednesday 19 September 1979. The 52-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Sep 1979
Wednesday, 06:35
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92751, longitude -3.05613, in the LL14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979220609038
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1979220609038 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.