B4579 crash in Shropshire on 2 May 2021 at 13:30 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A car and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B4579 in Shropshire at 13:30 on Sunday 2 May 2021. The 81-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2021
- Sunday, 13:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.86354, longitude -3.06103, in the SY11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021221042056
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4579
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 August 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the B4579 in Shropshire, 4 August 1984
16 m awayRef 1984220608021
Serious
Bicycle crash on the B4579 in Shropshire, 10 November 1987
38 m awayRef 1987220611022
Slight
Car crash on the B4579 in Shropshire, 28 October 1985
107 m awayRef 1985220610060
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 28 October 1985
107 m awayRef 1985220610046
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B4580 in Shropshire, 22 November 1990
109 m awayRef 1990220611050
Serious
Volvo 245 crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 27 March 1998
114 m awayRef 199822FY01080
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 81 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2021221042056 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 2021.