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A458 crash in Shropshire on 3 December 2002 at 07:11 involving a Scania lorry

A car and a Scania lorry were involved in a crash on the A458 in Shropshire at 07:11 on Tuesday 3 December 2002. The 31-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 2002
Tuesday, 07:11
Vehicles
2
Car and Scania
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71363, longitude -2.802, in the SY3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shrewsbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bicton Heath, Shropshire, SY3 8DS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200222FA30643
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
458
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Scania

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    11,021 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 200222FA30643 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 2002.