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B5129 crash in Flintshire on 20 January 1979 at 11:00 involving a van

A van and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B5129 in Flintshire at 11:00 on Saturday 20 January 1979. The 59-year-old male driver of the van and a 64-year-old male passenger in the van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 1979
Saturday, 11:00
Vehicles
2
Van and lorry
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18612, longitude -2.98466, in the CH5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979600C11007
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5129
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 73 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 June 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1979600C11007 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.