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A442 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 19 November 1991 at 17:15 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A442 in Telford and Wrekin at 17:15 on Tuesday 19 November 1991. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 1991
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6249, longitude -2.42349, in the TF11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991220911023
Council area
Telford and Wrekin
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
442
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2016.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1991220911023 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Telford and Wrekin road accident statistics for 1991.