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B4378 crash in Shropshire on 17 August 1986 at 15:50 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4378 in Shropshire at 15:50 on Sunday 17 August 1986. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 53-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Aug 1986
Sunday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54041, longitude -2.62364, in the TF13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986220108036
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4378
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 33 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 November 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1986220108036 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 1986.