B4379 crash in Shropshire on 28 December 2007 at 20:30 involving a Fiat Seicento
A Fiat Seicento and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B4379 in Shropshire at 20:30 on Friday 28 December 2007. A 40-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Dec 2007
- Friday, 20:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Seicento and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.66802, longitude -2.37306, in the TF11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shifnal. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shifnal North, Shropshire, TF11 8DP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200722FA87661
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4379
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 10%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 90%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 24 May 1986
14 m awayRef 1986220705033
Serious
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 7 November 2025
17 m awayRef 2025221665142
Slight
Car crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 24 June 1979
20 m awayRef 1979220706041
Slight
Car crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 3 October 1985
22 m awayRef 1985220710010
Slight
Car crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 26 June 1979
22 m awayRef 1979220706029
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 20 September 1979
28 m awayRef 1979220709023
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Seicento
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 899 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 40, hit by vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
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 200722FA87661 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.