B4365 crash in Shropshire on 1 February 2015 at 17:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Skoda Superb were involved in a crash on the B4365 in Shropshire at 17:30 on Sunday 1 February 2015. A 35-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Superb was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Feb 2015
- Sunday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Skoda Superb
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.38869, longitude -2.74302, in the SY8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201522F500484
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4365
- 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
- 49
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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 14 October 1998.
Serious
Bedford crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 14 October 1998
At the same spotRef 199822FF04054
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 28 April 1995
At the same spotRef 199522EF04836
Serious
Saab 9000 crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 14 January 1998
10 m awayRef 199822FV00134
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B4365 in Shropshire, 7 August 2010
10 m awayRef 201022F003908
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 5 February 2016
11 m awayRef 2016220050957
Slight
DAF Trucks FT 85CF crash on the A49 in Shropshire, 9 January 2007
14 m awayRef 200722FA85447
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Skoda Superb
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Skoda Superb)
- 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 201522F500484 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 2015.