Serious B4375 crash in Shropshire on 28 January 2007 at 02:10 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A Volkswagen Passat crashed on the B4375 in Shropshire at 02:10 on Sunday 28 January 2007. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three 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
- Serious
- Date
- 28 Jan 2007
- Sunday, 02:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5996, longitude -2.51746, in the TF12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200722FA85569
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4375
- 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
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 slight injury crash on 6 July 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4375 in Shropshire, 6 July 2001
40 m awayRef 200122GC20948
Serious
Nissan Sunny crash on the B4375 in Shropshire, 17 August 1994
58 m awayRef 199422GM07993
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4375 in Shropshire, 31 October 1981
81 m awayRef 1981220710045
Serious
Car crash on the B4375 in Shropshire, 10 May 1986
130 m awayRef 1986220705019
Slight
Yamaha crash on the B4376 in Shropshire, 3 October 1995
304 m awayRef 199522GY13891
Serious
Car crash on the B4376 in Shropshire, 4 February 1989
390 m awayRef 1989220702003
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)
- 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 200722FA85569 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 2007.