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Unclassified road crash in Shropshire TF11 on 28 January 1998 at 21:29 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Shropshire at 21:29 on Wednesday 28 January 1998. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 1998
Wednesday, 21:29
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66616, longitude -2.37302, in the TF11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shifnal.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822GD00280
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    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 199822GD00280 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.