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Serious A49 crash in Shropshire on 14 January 1998 at 09:00 involving a Saab 9000

A Saab 9000, a Volvo 940 and a van were involved in a crash on the A49 in Shropshire at 09:00 on Wednesday 14 January 1998. The 42-year-old male driver of the Saab 9000 was seriously injured and the 58-year-old male driver of the Volvo 940 and a 44-year-old female passenger in the Saab 9000 were 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
Serious
Date
14 Jan 1998
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
3
Saab 9000 and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38878, longitude -2.74302, in the SY8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822FV00134
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
49
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
4365

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 27 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9000

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9000)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 940)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9000)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199822FV00134 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.