B5072 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 29 September 2018 at 18:08 involving a BMW 3 Series
Two BMW 3 Series cars were involved in a crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin at 18:08 on Saturday 29 September 2018. A 14-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 and a 10-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 2018
- Saturday, 18:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.67683, longitude -2.47943, in the TF4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Telford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lawley, Telford and Wrekin, TF4 2PZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018220331618
- Council area
- Telford and Wrekin
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5072
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 November 2016.
Slight
Car crash on the A5223 in Telford and Wrekin, 18 November 2016
7 m awayRef 2016220131586
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 17 December 2014
8 m awayRef 201422G404860
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 1 August 2016
9 m awayRef 2016220093924
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 12 August 2013
18 m awayRef 201322G302926
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 15 May 2015
22 m awayRef 201522G501967
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B5072 in Telford and Wrekin, 20 December 2012
53 m awayRef 201222G205251
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2018220331618 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Telford and Wrekin road accident statistics for 2018.