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Serious A550 crash in Flintshire on 27 September 1991 at 00:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort hit a pedestrian on the A550 in Flintshire at 00:10 on Friday 27 September 1991. A 25-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Sep 1991
Friday, 00:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22375, longitude -2.999, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991600C07394
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
550
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1991600C07394 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.