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Serious B4579 crash in Shropshire on 1 November 1999 at 19:40 involving a Peugeot 306

An agricultural vehicle and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the B4579 in Shropshire at 19:40 on Monday 1 November 1999. The 16-year-old male driver of the agricultural vehicle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Nov 1999
Monday, 19:40
Vehicles
2
Agricultural vehicle and Peugeot 306
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.8591, longitude -3.05331, in the SY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oswestry.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199922FC12462
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4579
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Agricultural vehicle

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

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, agricultural vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Agricultural vehicle)

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 199922FC12462 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 1999.