B5398 crash in Shropshire on 30 September 2011 at 17:45 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B5398 in Shropshire at 17:45 on Friday 30 September 2011. A 68-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Sep 2011
- Friday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9689, longitude -2.67821, in the SY13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Whitchurch. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitchurch West, Shropshire, SY13 1BA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201122F104173
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5398
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5395
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 9%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 91%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 1996.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A525 in Shropshire, 1 June 1996
At the same spotRef 199622FG04055
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B5398 in Shropshire, 20 February 2002
At the same spotRef 200222FE26494
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B5398 in Shropshire, 2 November 2022
4 m awayRef 2022221240871
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5398 in Shropshire, 8 March 2013
10 m awayRef 201322F300882
Slight
Car crash on the A41 in Shropshire, 2 March 1984
10 m awayRef 1984220603009
Serious
Car crash on the A41 in Shropshire, 26 September 1983
14 m awayRef 1983220609058
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 68, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle
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 201122F104173 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.