A4640 crash in Shropshire on 25 July 2014 at 16:20 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Ford Fusion were involved in a crash on the A4640 in Shropshire at 16:20 on Friday 25 July 2014. The 36-year-old male driver of the Ford Fusion and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA were 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
- 25 Jul 2014
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Ford Fusion
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.68032, longitude -2.40644, in the TF2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the The Nedge, Telford and Wrekin, TF3 3AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201422G402880
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4640
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 464
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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 May 2008.
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A4640 in Shropshire, 20 May 2008
At the same spotRef 200822GA86751
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5060 in Shropshire, 11 April 2005
At the same spotRef 200522FJ43727
Slight
Mazda E2200 crash on the B5060 in Shropshire, 29 May 2003
At the same spotRef 200322GB30956
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B5060 in Shropshire, 25 June 2002
At the same spotRef 200222GB26169
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B5060 in Shropshire, 7 March 2005
At the same spotRef 200522GB38345
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5060 in Shropshire, 24 March 2016
5 m awayRef 2016220069231
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201422G402880 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.