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Unclassified road crash in Flintshire CH5 on 7 October 1996 at 16:00 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire at 16:00 on Monday 7 October 1996. The 19-year-old male driver of the car, a 19-year-old male passenger in the car and a 19-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Oct 1996
Monday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23324, longitude -3.00432, 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
1996600FL6097
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 1996600FL6097 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 1996.