Serious B5373 crash in Flintshire on 8 November 2003 at 12:10 involving a Toyota Avensis
A Toyota Avensis and a Renault Laguna were involved in a crash on the B5373 in Flintshire at 12:10 on Saturday 8 November 2003. The 73-year-old male driver of the Toyota Avensis was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Nov 2003
- Saturday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Avensis and Renault Laguna
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1141, longitude -3.02741, in the LL12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hope, Flintshire, LL12 9NW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2003600FL4078
- Council area
- Flintshire
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5373
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2001.
Slight
Ford Explorer crash on the B5373 in Flintshire, 13 November 2001
At the same spotRef 2001600FL3154
Slight
Car crash on the B5373 in Flintshire, 3 April 2005
At the same spotRef 2005600FL4016
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B5373 in Flintshire, 16 December 1990
42 m awayRef 1990600C06149
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B5373 in Flintshire, 15 January 1995
42 m awayRef 1995600C06003
Slight
Car crash on the B5373 in Flintshire, 25 February 1982
76 m awayRef 1982600C06008
Serious
Lorry crash on the B5373 in Flintshire, 24 October 1994
76 m awayRef 1994600C06079
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,762 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Avensis)
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 2003600FL4078 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 2003.