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B4579 crash in Shropshire on 12 October 1991 at 11:00 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit a pedestrian on the B4579 in Shropshire at 11:00 on Saturday 12 October 1991. A 58-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Oct 1991
Saturday, 11:00
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85903, longitude -3.05328, in the SY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oswestry.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991220710014
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4579
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 June 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 1991220710014 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 1991.