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Fatal A41 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 15 April 2000 at 21:30 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205, a Nissan Sunny and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A41 in Telford and Wrekin at 21:30 on Saturday 15 April 2000. An 18-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny was killed and the 18-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 and the 55-year-old female driver of the Nissan Sunny were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Apr 2000
Saturday, 21:30
Vehicles
3
Peugeot 205 and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 killed, 2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.8075, longitude -2.43656, in the TF10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200022GB14597
Council area
Telford and Wrekin
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
41
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
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 27 February 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,765 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

    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 200022GB14597 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 2000.