B4370 crash in Shropshire on 7 March 2001 at 08:45 involving a Jeep Cherokee
A Jeep Cherokee and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B4370 in Shropshire at 08:45 on Wednesday 7 March 2001. The 45-year-old female driver of the Jeep Cherokee and the 50-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Mar 2001
- Wednesday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jeep Cherokee and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.56578, longitude -2.78233, in the SY6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200122FD21639
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4370
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 49
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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 27 March 2004.
Slight
Renault Espace crash on the B4370 in Shropshire, 27 March 2004
At the same spotRef 200422FD37962
Slight
Honda VFR800F crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 2 May 1999
10 m awayRef 199922FB01819
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 20 April 2011
10 m awayRef 201122F101623
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 24 December 2003
10 m awayRef 200322FD36497
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 9 July 2000
14 m awayRef 200022FD18832
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 16 September 1992
14 m awayRef 1992220609018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,960 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jeep Cherokee)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
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 200122FD21639 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.