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A549 crash in Flintshire on 16 January 1980 at 19:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A549 in Flintshire at 19:45 on Wednesday 16 January 1980. The 60-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 1980
Wednesday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1709, longitude -2.97683, in the CH4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Broughton.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980600C11005
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
549
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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 10 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    46 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1980600C11005 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.