B4397 crash in Shropshire on 27 April 2018 at 08:45 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
A Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, a Land Rover Freelander and a Fiat Punto were involved in a crash on the B4397 in Shropshire at 08:45 on Friday 27 April 2018. The 19-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and the 20-year-old female driver of the Fiat Punto were 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
- 27 Apr 2018
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.79416, longitude -2.86882, 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
- 2018220288274
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- 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, 62 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 2 December 2023.
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 2 December 2023
62 m awayRef 2023221395917
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 31 October 2012
232 m awayRef 201222F204576
Serious
Citroen C2 crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 6 January 2014
239 m awayRef 201422F400401
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 23 April 2007
292 m awayRef 200722FA86013
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 22 March 2011
312 m awayRef 201122F101159
Serious
Rover Maestro crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 29 March 1994
328 m awayRef 1994220703040
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,951 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Fiat Punto
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Fiat Punto)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018220288274 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 2018.