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Fatal A542 crash in Denbighshire on 16 August 1998 at 00:01 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra crashed on the A542 in Denbighshire at 00:01 on Sunday 16 August 1998. The 61-year-old male driver was killed and a 1-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Aug 1998
Sunday, 00:01
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.01113, longitude -3.21378, in the LL20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Denbighshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998600WR9029
Council area
Denbighshire
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
542
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, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 1998600WR9029 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Denbighshire road accident statistics for 1998.