A5223 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 7 December 2013 at 03:00 involving a Rover 25
A Rover 25 and a Peugeot 106 were involved in a crash on the A5223 in Telford and Wrekin at 03:00 on Saturday 7 December 2013. The 31-year-old female driver of the Rover 25 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Dec 2013
- Saturday, 03:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 25 and Peugeot 106
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67679, longitude -2.48273, in the TF3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Telford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lawley, Telford and Wrekin, TF4 2PZ 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
- 201322G304565
- Council area
- Telford and Wrekin
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5223
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5072
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2009.
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A5223 in Telford and Wrekin, 19 May 2009
14 m awayRef 200922G902862
Slight
Iveco crash on the A5223 in Telford and Wrekin, 15 October 2012
28 m awayRef 201222G204284
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 23 September 2000
45 m awayRef 200022GA16822
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the A4169 in Telford and Wrekin, 21 October 1999
45 m awayRef 199922GA10756
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A5223 in Telford and Wrekin, 13 October 2013
54 m awayRef 201322G303737
Slight
Car crash on the A5223 in Telford and Wrekin, 2 June 1998
54 m awayRef 199822GW02198
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)
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 201322G304565 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 2013.