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Fatal A494 crash in Flintshire on 11 August 1995 at 03:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort crashed on the A494 in Flintshire at 03:35 on Friday 11 August 1995. The 32-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Aug 1995
Friday, 03:35
Vehicles
1
Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.21292, longitude -3.00474, in the CH5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995600C13092
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
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 June 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 32, 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 1995600C13092 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 1995.