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A5 crash in Shropshire on 29 March 2003 at 15:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on the A5 in Shropshire at 15:30 on Saturday 29 March 2003. The 66-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Mar 2003
Saturday, 15:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85051, longitude -3.02801, 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 East, Shropshire, SY10 8NN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200322FC32135
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
No

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
4579

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 200322FC32135 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.