Serious B4368 crash in Shropshire on 2 June 2003 at 15:40 involving a Vauxhall Frontera
A Vauxhall Frontera hit a pedestrian on the B4368 in Shropshire at 15:40 on Monday 2 June 2003. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Jun 2003
- Monday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Frontera
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.54496, longitude -2.49249, in the WV16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200322FJ33123
- 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
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2005.
Slight
Skoda Favorit crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 22 November 2005
14 m awayRef 200522FJ46453
Slight
Car crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 23 January 1985
40 m awayRef 1985220101033
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 21 January 2013
45 m awayRef 201322F300321
Serious
Foden crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 21 December 2000
76 m awayRef 200022GC18124
Slight
Lorry crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 8 August 1983
98 m awayRef 1983220108028
Serious
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 24 April 2001
98 m awayRef 200122GC19844
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Frontera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Frontera)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 200322FJ33123 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.