A53 crash in Shropshire on 16 February 2011 at 08:26 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the A53 in Shropshire at 08:26 on Wednesday 16 February 2011. The 39-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Feb 2011
- Wednesday, 08:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.83929, longitude -2.59023, in the TF9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201122F100758
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 53
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2004.
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A53 in Shropshire, 19 April 2004
10 m awayRef 200422FG38512
Fatal
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A53 in Shropshire, 18 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200222FG29970
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A53 in Shropshire, 15 May 1979
10 m awayRef 1979220605029
Serious
Kia Ceed crash on the A53 in Shropshire, 28 October 2022
10 m awayRef 2022221237297
Serious
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A53 in Shropshire, 29 April 1998
14 m awayRef 199822FT01558
Slight
Van crash on the A53 in Shropshire, 15 February 1997
14 m awayRef 199722FN00956
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 39, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit)
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 201122F100758 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 2011.