A49 crash in Shropshire on 31 October 2001 at 14:00 involving a Renault 9
A Renault 9 and a Ford were involved in a crash on the A49 in Shropshire at 14:00 on Wednesday 31 October 2001. The 19-year-old female driver of the Ford was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2001
- Wednesday, 14:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 9 and Ford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.36477, longitude -2.69462, in the SY8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200122FD24924
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 49
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
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The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2010.
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Serious
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 3 May 2025
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Serious
Car crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 29 July 1986
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Car crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 19 November 1987
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Car crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 12 November 2003
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 9
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Ford
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford)
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 200122FD24924 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.