Serious A4117 crash in Shropshire on 28 November 2006 at 10:00 involving a Citroen Xsara
A Citroen Xsara and a Dodge Caliber were involved in a crash on the A4117 in Shropshire at 10:00 on Tuesday 28 November 2006. An 85-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Xsara was seriously injured and the 77-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Nov 2006
- Tuesday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen Xsara and Dodge Caliber
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3781, longitude -2.49137, in the DY14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cleobury Mortimer.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200622FA85230
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4117
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 October 2003.
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 13 October 2003
40 m awayRef 200322FD35629
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 6 September 1992
41 m awayRef 1992220909003
Serious
Suzuki UH 125 crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 29 August 2025
43 m awayRef 2025221635728
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 24 April 1986
81 m awayRef 1986220104047
Slight
Car crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 29 November 1985
102 m awayRef 1985220111085
Slight
Nissan Terrano crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 26 September 2001
102 m awayRef 200122AD18447
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Dodge Caliber
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xsara)
- 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 200622FA85230 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 2006.