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Serious B5127 crash in Flintshire on 18 December 1980 at 17:52 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B5127 in Flintshire at 17:52 on Thursday 18 December 1980. The 45-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 35-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 1980
Thursday, 17:52
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17001, longitude -3.08003, in the CH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buckley.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980600C05167
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5127
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 March 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1980600C05167 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 1980.