B5009 crash in Shropshire on 8 August 2014 at 17:34 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the B5009 in Shropshire at 17:34 on Friday 8 August 2014. The 61-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Aug 2014
- Friday, 17:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88128, longitude -3.01507, in the SY11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201422F402988
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5009
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 141 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 April 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Shropshire, 30 April 1983
141 m awayRef 1983220604054
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A583 in Blackpool, 9 March 1999
170 m awayRef 199904A014799
Serious
Renault 14 crash on the B5009 in Shropshire, 15 July 1990
201 m awayRef 1990220607042
Slight
Renault 5 crash on the B5009 in Shropshire, 18 March 2002
206 m awayRef 200222FC26962
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A5 in Shropshire, 13 June 1991
239 m awayRef 1991220706028
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A583 in Blackpool, 16 February 1999
240 m awayRef 199904A010599
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 201422F402988 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.