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Fatal A5 crash in Shropshire on 25 October 1995 at 19:30 involving a Volvo 440

A Volvo 440, a Nissan Primera and a Leyland DAF FT 95 lorry were involved in a crash on the A5 in Shropshire at 19:30 on Wednesday 25 October 1995. A 6-year-old male passenger in the Volvo 440 was killed and four other people were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Oct 1995
Wednesday, 19:30
Vehicles
3
Volvo 440 and 2 others
Casualties
5
1 killed, 4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.72874, longitude -2.84253, in the SY4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199522FK09026
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
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 2016.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Leyland DAF FT 95

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Primera)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 440)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199522FK09026 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 1995.