B4401 crash in Denbighshire on 9 March 2001 at 15:42 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a DAF Trucks FA 55 lorry were involved in a crash on the B4401 in Denbighshire at 15:42 on Friday 9 March 2001. A 50-year-old male passenger in the DAF Trucks FA 55 lorry was 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
- 9 Mar 2001
- Friday, 15:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and DAF Trucks FA 55
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96174, longitude -3.40345, in the LL21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Denbighshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001600DE7007
- Council area
- Denbighshire
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 4401
- 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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2002.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B4401 in Denbighshire, 19 January 2002
45 m awayRef 2002600DE7005
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B4401 in Denbighshire, 4 December 1985
114 m awayRef 1985600D11118
Slight
Car crash on the B4401 in Denbighshire, 12 December 1984
255 m awayRef 1984600D11108
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B4401 in Denbighshire, 13 March 1982
336 m awayRef 1982600D11020
Slight
Car crash on the B4401 in Denbighshire, 25 February 1989
336 m awayRef 1989600D11020
Serious
Volvo 440 crash on the B4401 in Denbighshire, 25 January 2003
348 m awayRef 2003600DE7004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks FA 55
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 50, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 2 (DAF Trucks FA 55)
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 2001600DE7007 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.