Unclassified road crash in Shropshire SY4 on 27 February 2014 at 08:40 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire at 08:40 on Thursday 27 February 2014. The 35-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Vitara was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Feb 2014
- Thursday, 08:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Vitara and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.85955, longitude -2.73102, in the SY4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wem.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201422F400778
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 127 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 1995.
Slight
Volkswagen crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 29 November 1995
127 m awayRef 199522FF10172
Slight
Audi A6 crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 2 May 2006
130 m awayRef 200622FA48646
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 29 May 1986
132 m awayRef 1986220605051
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 23 October 2001
132 m awayRef 200122FE24843
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 1 August 1980
244 m awayRef 1980220608016
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 7 July 2003
255 m awayRef 200322FE33571
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Vitara)
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 201422F400778 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 2014.