B5479 crash in Shropshire on 15 June 2002 at 11:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the B5479 in Shropshire at 11:50 on Saturday 15 June 2002. The 59-year-old female driver of the Nissan Sunny was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2002
- Saturday, 11:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Nissan Sunny
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85589, longitude -3.05012, in the SY11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Oswestry. It is one of the crashes that make up the Oswestry South, Shropshire, SY11 2NU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200222FC28153
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5479
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 October 1996.
Serious
Volvo 340 crash on the B4579 in Shropshire, 9 October 1996
10 m awayRef 199622FK08014
Serious
Lorry crash on the A483 in Shropshire, 10 July 1986
14 m awayRef 1986220607009
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the B4579 in Shropshire, 2 May 1995
20 m awayRef 199522FE03478
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the B4579 in Shropshire, 13 May 1993
28 m awayRef 1993220705017
Slight
Suzuki AP 50 crash on the B4579 in Shropshire, 21 July 2005
28 m awayRef 200522FC44871
Slight
Ford Probe crash on the B4579 in Shropshire, 12 March 1996
32 m awayRef 199622FB01819
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)
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 200222FC28153 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.