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B4368 crash in Shropshire on 10 October 1986 at 06:35 involving a van

Two vans and a car were involved in a crash on the B4368 in Shropshire at 06:35 on Friday 10 October 1986. The 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 51-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Oct 1986
Friday, 06:35
Vehicles
3
Van and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54281, longitude -2.51677, in the WV16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1986220110015
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4368
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, 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 17 September 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1986220110015 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.