Serious B4379 crash in Shropshire on 29 March 2011 at 11:30 involving a Volvo V70
A Volvo V70 and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on the B4379 in Shropshire at 11:30 on Tuesday 29 March 2011. The 23-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 207 was seriously injured and the 60-year-old female driver of the Volvo V70 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 29 Mar 2011
- Tuesday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo V70 and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.6286, longitude -2.41409, in the TF11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201122G101290
- 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
- 60 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
- Unclassified
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 June 2011.
Serious
Daewoo Nubira crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 10 June 2011
At the same spotRef 201122G102421
Serious
Car crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 10 October 2005
At the same spotRef 200522FJ45906
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 10 February 2003
At the same spotRef 200322GC29419
Slight
Suzuki SJ crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 2 June 1995
10 m awayRef 199522GX07519
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 17 February 1993
10 m awayRef 1993220902009
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 18 August 1997
10 m awayRef 199722GM04980
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo V70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,401 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo V70)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
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 201122G101290 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.