A456 crash in Shropshire on 1 February 2008 at 14:40 involving a Renault Megane
A car and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A456 in Shropshire at 14:40 on Friday 1 February 2008. The 59-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2008
- Friday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.31443, longitude -2.59467, in the WR15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tenbury Wells. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tenbury, Malvern Hills, WR15 8AA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200822FA87838
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 456
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- A
- Second road number
- 4112
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A456 in the Malvern Hills, 18 July 2000
At the same spotRef 200022AD14787
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A456 in Shropshire, 13 November 2005
At the same spotRef 200522FD46430
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A456 in Shropshire, 27 September 2020
8 m awayRef 2020220989081
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A456 in Shropshire, 30 August 2024
10 m awayRef 2024221485796
Serious
Talbot Express crash on the A456 in Herefordshire, 4 November 1994
10 m awayRef 199422EN11007
Serious
Mercedes Cla Class crash on the A456 in Shropshire, 21 September 2022
10 m awayRef 2022221225609
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 200822FA87838 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.