B5072 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 7 November 2012 at 09:54 involving a Nissan Almera
A Nissan Almera and a Ford Transit van were involved in a crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin at 09:54 on Wednesday 7 November 2012. The 59-year-old male driver of the Nissan Almera was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Nov 2012
- Wednesday, 09:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Almera and Ford Transit
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67766, longitude -2.46839, in the TF4 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Overdale & The Rock, Telford and Wrekin, TF3 5DH 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
- 201222G204571
- Council area
- Telford and Wrekin
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 1987.
Slight
Scooter crash on the B4373 in Telford and Wrekin, 8 July 1987
At the same spotRef 1987220707016
Slight
Car crash on the B4373 in Telford and Wrekin, 15 November 2005
10 m awayRef 200522GA40752
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 3 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200422GA37431
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 7 June 2005
10 m awayRef 200522GA39198
Slight
Nissan Almera crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 28 June 2012
14 m awayRef 201222G202534
Serious
Renault 11 crash on an unclassified road in Telford and Wrekin, 19 March 1995
14 m awayRef 199522GM03761
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Almera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Almera)
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 201222G204571 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.