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Serious B4368 crash in Shropshire on 10 April 2002 at 15:05 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery crashed on the B4368 in Shropshire at 15:05 on Wednesday 10 April 2002. The 54-year-old male driver and a 56-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Apr 2002
Wednesday, 15:05
Vehicles
1
Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4541, longitude -2.75798, in the SY7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200222FD27229
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4368
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 200222FD27229 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.