Serious B4555 crash in Shropshire on 2 May 2012 at 17:13 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B4555 in Shropshire at 17:13 on Wednesday 2 May 2012. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously 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
- 2 May 2012
- Wednesday, 17:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.4777, longitude -2.40104, in the WV16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222F201733
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4555
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B4555 in Shropshire, 6 May 1996
10 m awayRef 199622GE05824
Serious
Fiat 500 crash on the B4555 in Shropshire, 7 September 2023
110 m awayRef 2023221352425
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4555 in Shropshire, 24 March 2005
122 m awayRef 200522FJ43543
Slight
Subaru Legacy crash on the B4555 in Shropshire, 20 June 2025
137 m awayRef 2025221606545
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4555 in Shropshire, 12 October 2024
139 m awayRef 2024221504579
Slight
Car crash on the B4555 in Shropshire, 30 March 2003
140 m awayRef 200322GC30182
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 201222F201733 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 2012.