A5191 crash in Shropshire on 21 December 2016 at 16:40 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa, a Renault Clio and a car were involved in a crash on the A5191 in Shropshire at 16:40 on Wednesday 21 December 2016. The 30-year-old female driver of the Renault Clio and a 12-year-old male passenger in the Renault Clio were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.72151, longitude -2.74028, in the SY1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shrewsbury. It is one of the crashes that make up the Quarry & Coton Hill, Shropshire, SY1 2HW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016220164286
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5191
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Unclassified
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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 1992.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the A5172 in Shropshire, 14 November 1992
3 m awayRef 1992220711020
Serious
Honda CB crash on the A5191 in Shropshire, 19 October 2025
5 m awayRef 2025221656446
Serious
Car crash on the A5191 in Shropshire, 6 October 1989, ref 1989220610007
8 m awayRef 1989220610007
Serious
Car crash on the A5191 in Shropshire, 6 October 1989, ref 1989220610009
12 m awayRef 1989220610009
Serious
Car crash on the A5191 in Shropshire, 27 June 1989
12 m awayRef 1989220606047
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A5191 in Shropshire, 28 January 2002
14 m awayRef 200222FA26173
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- Yes
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2016220164286 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.