B5444 crash in Flintshire on 18 December 2001 at 21:05 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106, a Mazda 323 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B5444 in Flintshire at 21:05 on Tuesday 18 December 2001. An 8-year-old male passenger in the Mazda 323 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Dec 2001
- Tuesday, 21:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 106 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.15799, longitude -3.13435, in the CH7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Mold. It is one of the crashes that make up the Mold: Broncoed, Flintshire, CH7 1HA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001600FL1129
- Council area
- Flintshire
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5444
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 August 1997.
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B5444 in Flintshire, 20 August 1997
10 m awayRef 1997600FL1068
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B5444 in Flintshire, 25 November 1998
10 m awayRef 1998600FL1109
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B5444 in Flintshire, 16 October 2003
14 m awayRef 2003600FL1100
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5444 in Flintshire, 27 February 1999
14 m awayRef 1999600FL1029
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B5444 in Flintshire, 16 January 2009
14 m awayRef 2009609008921
Slight
Nissan Qashqai crash on the B5444 in Flintshire, 26 August 2024
19 m awayRef 202460Q128690
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Mazda 323
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,489 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,392 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)
- 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 2001600FL1129 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 2001.