B4368 crash in Shropshire on 23 July 2012 at 10:40 involving a John Deere agricultural vehicle
A John Deere agricultural vehicle and a MAN lorry were involved in a crash on the B4368 in Shropshire at 10:40 on Monday 23 July 2012. The 63-year-old male driver of the MAN lorry was 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
- 23 Jul 2012
- Monday, 10:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- John Deere and MAN
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.43953, longitude -2.83879, in the SY7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Craven Arms. It is one of the crashes that make up the Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9QP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201222F202995
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4368
- 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
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 October 1993.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 15 October 1993
14 m awayRef 1993220610011
Slight
Car crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 21 April 1988
36 m awayRef 1988220504047
Serious
Lorry crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 25 November 2015
43 m awayRef 2015220034400
Serious
Car crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 15 December 1999
76 m awayRef 199922FD13174
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 22 April 2009
104 m awayRef 200922F902171
Slight
Datsun Micra crash on the B4368 in Shropshire, 28 April 1990
120 m awayRef 1990220504052
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: John Deere
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,525 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: MAN
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,871 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (MAN)
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 201222F202995 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.