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A548 crash in Flintshire on 30 August 1996 at 08:10 involving a Rover Maestro

A Rover Maestro and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A548 in Flintshire at 08:10 on Friday 30 August 1996. The 25-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Aug 1996
Friday, 08:10
Vehicles
2
Rover Maestro and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.328, longitude -3.29168, in the CH8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996600FL9042
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
548
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1996600FL9042 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.