A41 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 4 August 2015 at 13:30 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A41 in Telford and Wrekin at 13:30 on Tuesday 4 August 2015. A 45-year-old male passenger in the Skoda Octavia and an 11-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira 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
- 4 Aug 2015
- Tuesday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Vauxhall Zafira
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.77119, longitude -2.36221, in the TF10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201522G503186
- Council area
- Telford and Wrekin
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 41
- 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
- 518
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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 2025.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A41 in Telford and Wrekin, 15 June 2025
5 m awayRef 2025221606174
Slight
Porsche 718 crash on the A41 in Telford and Wrekin, 9 July 2025
5 m awayRef 2025221613794
Serious
Renault Captur crash on the A41 in Telford and Wrekin, 27 March 2019
8 m awayRef 2019220828495
Slight
Rover Vitesse crash on the A41 in Telford and Wrekin, 29 March 1997
10 m awayRef 199722GA01749
Slight
Skoda Favorit crash on the A41 in Telford and Wrekin, 29 December 2004
10 m awayRef 200422GB37766
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A41 in Telford and Wrekin, 28 September 2017
10 m awayRef 2017220226241
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201522G503186 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Telford and Wrekin road accident statistics for 2015.