B4379 crash in Shropshire on 21 May 2018 at 16:30 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Nissan Leaf were involved in a crash on the B4379 in Shropshire at 16:30 on Monday 21 May 2018. The 29-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 May 2018
- Monday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Nissan Leaf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.71818, longitude -2.35188, in the TF11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018220295654
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4379
- Road type
- Dual 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2022.
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the B4379 in Shropshire, 20 April 2022
1 m awayRef 2022221172227
Serious
Freight Rover Sherpa crash on the B4379 in Telford and Wrekin, 7 April 1997
3 m awayRef 199722GN02037
Slight
Saab 900 crash on the B4379 in Telford and Wrekin, 4 December 1995
17 m awayRef 199522GN17401
Slight
Van crash on the B4379 in Telford and Wrekin, 2 May 1980
127 m awayRef 1980220705039
Serious
Car crash on the B4379 in Telford and Wrekin, 26 April 1979
163 m awayRef 1979220704041
Slight
Car crash on the B4379 in Telford and Wrekin, 12 May 1983
185 m awayRef 1983220705015
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Leaf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 2018220295654 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.