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Serious A541 crash in Flintshire on 2 April 1990 at 20:25 involving a Reliant Rialto

A Reliant Rialto crashed on the A541 in Flintshire at 20:25 on Monday 2 April 1990. A 5-year-old male passenger and a 56-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Apr 1990
Monday, 20:25
Vehicles
1
Reliant Rialto
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14561, longitude -3.09437, in the CH7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990600C06041
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
541
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 February 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Reliant Rialto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    848 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Reliant Rialto)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Reliant Rialto)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1990600C06041 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.