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A5 crash in Shropshire on 17 January 1993 at 11:30 involving a Volvo 363

A Volvo 363 crashed on the A5 in Shropshire at 11:30 on Sunday 17 January 1993. The 17-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jan 1993
Sunday, 11:30
Vehicles
1
Volvo 363
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91953, longitude -3.0436, in the SY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Weston Rhyn.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993220701021
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 363

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 363)

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 1993220701021 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 1993.