B5123 crash in Flintshire on 15 January 2000 at 00:35 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo, a Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the B5123 in Flintshire at 00:35 on Saturday 15 January 2000. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jan 2000
- Saturday, 00:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Polo and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2164, longitude -3.18247, in the CH7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000600FL8002
- Council area
- Flintshire
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5123
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 2000.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B5123 in Flintshire, 1 December 2000
42 m awayRef 2000600FL9150
Slight
Car crash on the B5123 in Flintshire, 24 January 1985
143 m awayRef 1985600C08014
Slight
Car crash on the B5123 in Flintshire, 5 June 2014
229 m awayRef 201460R083671
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B5123 in Flintshire, 25 December 2004
411 m awayRef 2004600FL8066
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire, 7 February 2002
552 m awayRef 2002600FL8009
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire, 7 February 2002
570 m awayRef 2002600FL8007
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,043 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 205)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 205)
- 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 2000600FL8002 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 2000.