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Serious B4361 crash in Shropshire on 28 November 2008 at 17:20 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach hit four pedestrians on the B4361 in Shropshire at 17:20 on Friday 28 November 2008. All four casualties were seriously injured. Four of them were pedestrians.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Nov 2008
Friday, 17:20
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
4
4 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.3685, longitude -2.71774, in the SY8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ludlow. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ludlow North, Shropshire, SY8 1NF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200822FA00638
Council area
Shropshire
Police force
West Mercia
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4361
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 32, hit by vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 200822FA00638 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 2008.