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B4379 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 25 November 1998 at 13:15 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series crashed on the B4379 in Telford and Wrekin at 13:15 on Wednesday 25 November 1998. The 27-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Nov 1998
Wednesday, 13:15
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.69884, longitude -2.35776, in the TF11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199822GE05065
Council area
Telford and Wrekin
Police force
West Mercia

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4379
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 July 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

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 199822GE05065 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Telford and Wrekin road accident statistics for 1998.