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A5 crash in Shropshire on 18 December 1990 at 16:55 involving an MG Maestro

An MG Maestro, a Honda VT250F motorcycle and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the A5 in Shropshire at 16:55 on Tuesday 18 December 1990. The 51-year-old male rider of the Honda VT250F motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Dec 1990
Tuesday, 16:55
Vehicles
3
MG Maestro and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.83482, longitude -2.98278, in the SY11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990220612057
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
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Involvement with previous collision

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda VT250F

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Previous accident
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda VT250F)

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 1990220612057 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 1990.