Serious A4117 crash in Shropshire on 11 September 2016 at 02:24 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4 hit two pedestrians on the A4117 in Shropshire at 02:24 on Sunday 11 September 2016. A 37-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 45-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Sep 2016
- Sunday, 02:24
- Vehicles
- 1
- Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.37822, longitude -2.48975, in the DY14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cleobury Mortimer.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016220106258
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4117
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 April 1986.
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 24 April 1986
30 m awayRef 1986220104047
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 31 March 1982
53 m awayRef 1982220103058
Slight
Van crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 28 May 1989
60 m awayRef 1989220105061
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 10 October 1986
60 m awayRef 1986220110014
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 7 December 1988
60 m awayRef 1988220112027
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4117 in Shropshire, 16 January 2013
60 m awayRef 201322F300258
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 37, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 45, hit by vehicle 1 (Audi A4)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2016220106258 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.