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Serious B5121 crash in Flintshire on 21 February 1991 at 19:45 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and a Vauxhall Carlton were involved in a crash on the B5121 in Flintshire at 19:45 on Thursday 21 February 1991. The 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Belmont was seriously injured and a 37-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Belmont and the 39-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Carlton were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Feb 1991
Thursday, 19:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and Vauxhall Carlton
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26111, longitude -3.23375, in the CH8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991600C01034
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5121
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 November 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Carlton

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Carlton)

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 1991600C01034 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 1991.