B5072 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 29 December 2012 at 12:15 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Rover Cityrover were involved in a crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin at 12:15 on Saturday 29 December 2012. The 43-year-old male driver of the Rover Cityrover was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2012
- Saturday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Rover Cityrover
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67673, longitude -2.45418, 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
- 201222G300070
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 31 March 2015.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 31 March 2015
At the same spotRef 201522G501301
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Telford and Wrekin, 11 November 2014
At the same spotRef 201422G404277
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 29 February 2020
13 m awayRef 2020220938341
Slight
Ford Kuga crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 18 September 2025
14 m awayRef 2025221643574
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Telford and Wrekin, 30 May 2001
14 m awayRef 200122GA20415
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Telford and Wrekin, 20 December 2001
14 m awayRef 200122GA23583
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Rover Cityrover
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,405 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Cityrover)
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 201222G300070 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.