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A547 crash in Denbighshire on 21 September 2004 at 23:50 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta crashed on the A547 in Denbighshire at 23:50 on Tuesday 21 September 2004. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Sep 2004
Tuesday, 23:50
Vehicles
1
Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.3165, longitude -3.40981, in the LL19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Meliden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Prestatyn Meliden, Denbighshire, LL19 8HW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Denbighshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2004600DE1086
Council area
Denbighshire
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
547
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 2008.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

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 2004600DE1086 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 2004.