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A55 crash in Flintshire on 24 August 1998 at 15:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Mazda 626 were involved in a crash on the A55 in Flintshire at 15:20 on Monday 24 August 1998. The 53-year-old male driver of the Mazda 626 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Aug 1998
Monday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Mazda 626
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24993, longitude -3.2018, 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
1998600FL9126
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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 626

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 626)

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 1998600FL9126 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 1998.