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A55 crash in Flintshire on 14 March 1990 at 06:55 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A55 in Flintshire at 06:55 on Wednesday 14 March 1990. The 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Mar 1990
Wednesday, 06:55
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24975, longitude -3.20194, in the CH8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990600C01054
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
55
Road type
Dual 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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

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 1990600C01054 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 1990.