B5072 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 16 May 2012 at 12:00 involving an Audi A4
Two Audi A4 cars were involved in a crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin at 12:00 on Wednesday 16 May 2012. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 27-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 May 2012
- Wednesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A4 and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68133, longitude -2.4492, in the TF3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Malinslee & Dawley Bank, Telford and Wrekin, TF7 9ZA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222D201992
- Council area
- Telford and Wrekin
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5072
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5072
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 December 2015.
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 12 December 2015
5 m awayRef 2015220037389
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 14 October 2010
10 m awayRef 201022G005140
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 1 December 2003
10 m awayRef 200322GA33156
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 30 August 2006
10 m awayRef 200622GA43308
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 13 July 2004
10 m awayRef 200422GA35904
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5012 in Telford and Wrekin, 3 October 2006
10 m awayRef 200622GA43398
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201222D201992 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Telford and Wrekin road accident statistics for 2012.