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Unclassified road crash in Shropshire LL14 on 22 September 1996 at 20:00 involving a Hyundai Lantra

A Hyundai Lantra hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Shropshire at 20:00 on Sunday 22 September 1996. A 7-year-old male pedestrian and an 8-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Sep 1996
Sunday, 20:00
Vehicles
1
Hyundai Lantra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92544, longitude -3.05564, in the LL14 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
199622FE07618
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 67 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Lantra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,836 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Lantra)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Hyundai Lantra)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199622FE07618 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 1996.