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Fatal unclassified road crash in Flintshire CH8 on 25 March 1979 at 15:05 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire at 15:05 on Sunday 25 March 1979. The 27-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Fatal
Date
25 Mar 1979
Sunday, 15:05
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.30362, longitude -3.2935, in the CH8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979600C01063
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1979600C01063 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Flintshire road accident statistics for 1979.