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Serious A458 crash in Shropshire on 14 February 1998 at 14:50 involving a Toyota Hilux van

A Toyota Hilux van hit a pedestrian on the A458 in Shropshire at 14:50 on Saturday 14 February 1998. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Feb 1998
Saturday, 14:50
Vehicles
1
Toyota Hilux
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71426, longitude -2.80583, in the SY3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shrewsbury.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822FM00495
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
458
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,446 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199822FM00495 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 1998.