Serious B4378 crash in Shropshire on 9 June 2012 at 11:35 involving a Ford S-Max
A Ford S-Max and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B4378 in Shropshire at 11:35 on Saturday 9 June 2012. There were seven casualties: five people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 9 Jun 2012
- Saturday, 11:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford S-Max and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 7
- 5 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.5783, longitude -2.57477, in the TF13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222F202257
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4378
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 slight injury crash on 30 January 2009.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4378 in Shropshire, 30 January 2009
At the same spotRef 200922G900646
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B4378 in Shropshire, 28 August 2012
14 m awayRef 201222F203480
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A4169 in Shropshire, 30 October 1998
22 m awayRef 199822GD04627
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B4378 in Shropshire, 18 June 1987
81 m awayRef 1987220706026
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B4378 in Shropshire, 6 June 1992
100 m awayRef 1992220906015
Slight
Car crash on the B4378 in Shropshire, 10 December 1982
121 m awayRef 1982220712027
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (7)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 7: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford S-Max)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201222F202257 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.