A458 crash in Shropshire on 17 April 2025 at 18:06 involving a Jaguar X Type
A Jaguar X Type and a Mitsubishi L200 van were involved in a crash on the A458 in Shropshire at 18:06 on Thursday 17 April 2025. The 48-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi L200 van and the 83-year-old male driver of the Jaguar X Type were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Apr 2025
- Thursday, 18:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar X Type and Mitsubishi L200
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.53491, longitude -2.4413, in the WV16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Shropshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025221583480
- Council area
- Shropshire
- Police force
- West Mercia
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 458
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- 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, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2008.
Slight
Scania crash on the A458 in Shropshire, 2 October 2008
46 m awayRef 200822FA89089
Slight
Car crash on the A458 in Shropshire, 21 May 1987
180 m awayRef 1987220105053
Serious
Austin Metro crash on the A458 in Shropshire, 24 May 1995
238 m awayRef 199522GO06881
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A458 in Shropshire, 6 December 1980
254 m awayRef 1980220112009
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in Shropshire, 1 July 2005
288 m awayRef 200522FJ44692
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A458 in Shropshire, 17 May 1996
303 m awayRef 199622GQ06225
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar X Type
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 83 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi L200
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,442 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi L200)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jaguar X Type)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2025221583480 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 2025.