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A458 crash in Shropshire on 10 January 1997 at 08:00 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A458 in Shropshire at 08:00 on Friday 10 January 1997. The 49-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jan 1997
Friday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.70701, longitude -2.74605, in the SY2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shrewsbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199722FH00261
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
458
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199722FH00261 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 1997.