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A5 crash in Shropshire on 23 December 2001 at 17:15 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Suzuki SJ were involved in a crash on the A5 in Shropshire at 17:15 on Sunday 23 December 2001. The 35-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and the 33-year-old female driver of the Suzuki SJ were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2001
Sunday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Suzuki SJ
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.70423, longitude -2.6812, in the SY4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200122FB25820
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki SJ

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki SJ)

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 200122FB25820 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 2001.