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Serious unclassified road crash in Shropshire DY14 on 6 January 1989 at 08:50 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire at 08:50 on Friday 6 January 1989. The 68-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Jan 1989
Friday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.42636, longitude -2.52453, in the DY14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989220101013
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 247 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,064 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, 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 1989220101013 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 1989.