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Serious unclassified road crash in Flintshire CH6 on 1 October 1981 at 13:15 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire at 13:15 on Thursday 1 October 1981. The 20-year-old male driver of the car, a 21-year-old male passenger in the car and a 20-year-old male passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Oct 1981
Thursday, 13:15
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22644, longitude -3.10242, in the CH6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981600C08138
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 95 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 1981600C08138 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 1981.