B5069 crash in Shropshire on 24 May 1995 at 17:20 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra, a Ford Fiesta and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the B5069 in Shropshire at 17:20 on Wednesday 24 May 1995. The 18-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 May 1995
- Wednesday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Sierra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91608, longitude -2.91636, in the SY12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199522FZ04232
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5069
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 1996.
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the B5068 in Shropshire, 2 December 1996
10 m awayRef 199622FD09641
Slight
Van crash on the B5068 in Shropshire, 30 April 2021
50 m awayRef 2021221041762
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B5068 in Shropshire, 20 May 1995
50 m awayRef 199522FK04104
Slight
Car crash on the B5068 in Shropshire, 31 January 1981
51 m awayRef 1981220601047
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on the B5068 in Shropshire, 16 March 2016
53 m awayRef 2016220055542
Slight
Scania crash on the B5068 in Shropshire, 10 January 1992
54 m awayRef 1992220701020
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 957 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 199522FZ04232 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.