B4397 crash in Shropshire on 12 June 2016 at 17:15 involving an Audi A3
A car and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the B4397 in Shropshire at 17:15 on Sunday 12 June 2016. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jun 2016
- Sunday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.81029, longitude -2.82505, in the SY4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016220086681
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4397
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 September 1995.
Serious
Bedford crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 8 September 1995
6 m awayRef 199522FB07546
Slight
Nissan Navara crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 24 November 2025
7 m awayRef 2025221673556
Slight
Car crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 5 March 2007
11 m awayRef 200722FA85762
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 22 July 2000
11 m awayRef 200022FC18990
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the B5067 in Shropshire, 16 June 1996
16 m awayRef 199622FL04933
Slight
Dennis crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 6 November 1996
19 m awayRef 199622FN08799
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016220086681 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 2016.