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Serious A5 crash in Shropshire on 28 February 2003 at 16:25 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

A lorry and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A5 in Shropshire at 16:25 on Friday 28 February 2003. The 28-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Feb 2003
Friday, 16:25
Vehicles
2
Lorry and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88285, longitude -3.04081, in the SY10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whittington, Shropshire, SY10 7JX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200322FC31728
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
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
B
Second road number
5069

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-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 200322FC31728 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 2003.