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A5026 crash in Flintshire on 22 October 1998 at 20:55 involving a Renault 21

A Renault 21 and a Volvo 440 were involved in a crash on the A5026 in Flintshire at 20:55 on Thursday 22 October 1998. A 4-year-old female passenger in the Renault 21 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1998
Thursday, 20:55
Vehicles
2
Renault 21 and Volvo 440
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.26127, longitude -3.20916, in the CH8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holywell.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998600FL9151
Council area
Flintshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5026
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 March 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 21)

    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 1998600FL9151 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.