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Fatal A541 crash in Flintshire on 6 June 1997 at 21:25 involving a car

A car crashed on the A541 in Flintshire at 21:25 on Friday 6 June 1997. The 32-year-old male driver and a 27-year-old female passenger were killed and a 3-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Jun 1997
Friday, 21:25
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
2 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.20252, longitude -3.24, in the CH7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997600FL8025
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
541
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 February 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1997600FL8025 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.