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A494 crash in Flintshire on 29 April 1991 at 13:25 involving a Rover Montego

A lorry, a Rover Montego and a Volvo 244 were involved in a crash on the A494 in Flintshire at 13:25 on Monday 29 April 1991. The 31-year-old male driver of the Rover Montego was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Apr 1991
Monday, 13:25
Vehicles
3
Rover Montego and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.21382, longitude -3.00476, in the CH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Garden City.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991600C07179
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
494
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 244

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover Montego)

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 1991600C07179 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.