A4640 crash in Telford and Wrekin on 7 February 2019 at 17:40 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander, a car and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A4640 in Telford and Wrekin at 17:40 on Thursday 7 February 2019. The 48-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Freelander and the 40-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Feb 2019
- Thursday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Land Rover Freelander and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.70618, longitude -2.43114, in the TF2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Telford.
Map of where the crash happened in Telford and Wrekin
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019220816770
- Council area
- Telford and Wrekin
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4640
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2010.
Slight
Car crash on the A4640 in Telford and Wrekin, 11 June 2010
22 m awayRef 201022G002996
Serious
BMW M3 crash on the B5060 in Telford and Wrekin, 19 April 1998
32 m awayRef 199822GR01557
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B5060 in Telford and Wrekin, 22 November 2002
38 m awayRef 200222GB28173
Slight
Car crash on the B5060 in Telford and Wrekin, 6 October 1999
41 m awayRef 199922GB10855
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B5060 in Telford and Wrekin, 17 November 2009
41 m awayRef 200922G906418
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B5061 in Telford and Wrekin, 21 July 2005
77 m awayRef 200522GB39754
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019220816770 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 2019.