B5129 crash in Flintshire on 1 May 2009 at 19:00 involving a Saab 9-3
Four vehicles, including a Saab 9-3 and a car, were involved in a crash on the B5129 in Flintshire at 19:00 on Friday 1 May 2009. The 48-year-old male driver of the car and a 47-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2009
- Friday, 19:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Saab 9-3 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.20554, longitude -3.02511, in the CH5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Hawarden. It is one of the crashes that make up the Queensferry and Sealand, Flintshire, CH5 1TP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009609078705
- Council area
- Flintshire
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5129
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 2006.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the B5129 in Flintshire, 28 April 2006
At the same spotRef 2006600FL6034
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the B5129 in Flintshire, 17 November 2009
At the same spotRef 2009609219245
Slight
Rover Metro crash on the A548 in Flintshire, 21 March 1996
At the same spotRef 1996600FL6029
Slight
Car crash on the A548 in Flintshire, 2 February 1997
10 m awayRef 1997600FL6014
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B5129 in Flintshire, 31 May 2006
10 m awayRef 2006600FL6040
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B5129 in Flintshire, 9 February 2002
10 m awayRef 2002600FL5018
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 3: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 2009609078705 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 2009.