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Serious A55 crash in Flintshire on 28 January 1997 at 22:30 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A55 in Flintshire at 22:30 on Tuesday 28 January 1997. The 44-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Jan 1997
Tuesday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17831, longitude -3.0572, in the CH5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997600FL3012
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
55
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, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1997600FL3012 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 1997.