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B5381 crash in Denbighshire on 6 April 2001 at 15:02 involving a Citroen Xantia

A Citroen Xantia crashed on the B5381 in Denbighshire at 15:02 on Friday 6 April 2001. The 86-year-old male driver and an 83-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Apr 2001
Friday, 15:02
Vehicles
1
Citroen Xantia
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2302, longitude -3.43964, in the LL17 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trefnant, Denbighshire, LL17 0EP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Denbighshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001600DE5036
Council area
Denbighshire
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5381
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
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 4 January 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    86 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xantia)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Xantia)

    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 2001600DE5036 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.