A49 crash in Shropshire on 29 December 2014 at 13:25 involving a Fiat Panda
A Fiat Panda, a Peugeot 306 and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A49 in Shropshire at 13:25 on Monday 29 December 2014. The 67-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Dec 2014
- Monday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 3
- Fiat Panda and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.72753, longitude -2.70867, in the SY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shrewsbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sundorne & Old Heath, Shropshire, SY1 4RE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201422F500026
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 49
- 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
- Frost or ice
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2015.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 15 May 2015
At the same spotRef 201522F501994
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 10 January 2007
10 m awayRef 200722FA85456
Serious
Jaguar XE Series crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 16 November 2022
12 m awayRef 2022221243448
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 14 February 2001
20 m awayRef 200122FA21397
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 5 September 2007
41 m awayRef 200722FA86901
Serious
Skoda Favorit crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 1 August 1997
61 m awayRef 199722FQ04431
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Panda
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,108 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 306)
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 201422F500026 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.