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A548 crash in Denbighshire on 18 August 2001 at 11:39 involving a Citroen AX

A car and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on the A548 in Denbighshire at 11:39 on Saturday 18 August 2001. The 29-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Aug 2001
Saturday, 11:39
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen AX
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.32681, longitude -3.47202, in the LL18 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhyl. It is one of the crashes that make up the Rhyl East, Denbighshire, LL18 3RW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Denbighshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001600DE2147
Council area
Denbighshire
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
548
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5118

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 February 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

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 2001600DE2147 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 2001.