B4371 crash in Shropshire on 8 March 2001 at 10:15 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the B4371 in Shropshire at 10:15 on Thursday 8 March 2001. The 32-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was 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
- 8 Mar 2001
- Thursday, 10:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Peugeot 306
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53137, longitude -2.73661, 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
- 200122FD21692
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4371
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B4371 in Shropshire, 18 July 1986
22 m awayRef 1986220507046
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4371 in Shropshire, 12 June 2005
233 m awayRef 200522FD44413
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B4371 in Shropshire, 29 March 1997
375 m awayRef 199722FT02156
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the B4371 in Shropshire, 19 February 2007
406 m awayRef 200722FA85786
Serious
Van crash on the B4371 in Shropshire, 22 September 1982
422 m awayRef 1982220109056
Slight
Lorry crash on the B4371 in Shropshire, 19 September 1983
443 m awayRef 1983220109056
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
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 200122FD21692 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.