B5069 crash in Shropshire on 16 December 2003 at 18:05 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra crashed on the B5069 in Shropshire at 18:05 on Tuesday 16 December 2003. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2003
- Tuesday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95579, longitude -2.96307, in the SY12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200322FC36376
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5069
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2010.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5069 in Wrexham, 26 March 2010
At the same spotRef 201060L050800
Serious
Car crash on the B5069 in Shropshire, 10 January 1987
40 m awayRef 1987600D10005
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the B5069 in Shropshire, 27 December 2002
250 m awayRef 200222FC30843
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B5069 in Wrexham, 19 September 2018
254 m awayRef 201860W134002
Slight
Volkswagen Touran crash on the B5069 in Shropshire, 12 June 2024
407 m awayRef 2024221455794
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B5069 in Shropshire, 30 July 2017
415 m awayRef 2017220205661
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Bridge (side)
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 988 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 200322FC36376 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.