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A442 crash in Shropshire on 25 January 1992 at 01:55 involving a Seat Malaga

A Seat Malaga crashed on the A442 in Shropshire at 01:55 on Saturday 25 January 1992. An 18-year-old female passenger and the 18-year-old female driver were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jan 1992
Saturday, 01:55
Vehicles
1
Seat Malaga
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.84417, longitude -2.57068, in the TF9 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992220801025
Council area
Shropshire
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
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Malaga

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Malaga)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Malaga)

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 1992220801025 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 1992.