Serious B4397 crash in Shropshire on 11 July 2020 at 10:10 involving a BMW i3
A BMW i3 and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4397 in Shropshire at 10:10 on Saturday 11 July 2020. The 46-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Jul 2020
- Saturday, 10:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW i3 and Honda
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.79452, longitude -2.8543, in the SY4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020220964505
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 5067
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
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 16 January 2018.
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 16 January 2018
1 m awayRef 2018220262822
Serious
Mazda 323 crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 10 May 2013
4 m awayRef 201322F301652
Slight
Triumph Acclaim crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 19 January 1990
4 m awayRef 1990220601043
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 23 February 1991
6 m awayRef 1991220702027
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 5 November 1994
9 m awayRef 199422FU09471
Serious
Lorry crash on the B4397 in Shropshire, 2 October 1979
9 m awayRef 1979220610004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW i3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 647 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 20 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 46, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- 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 2020220964505 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 2020.