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Serious A542 crash in Denbighshire on 24 October 2009 at 19:30 involving a Seat Leon

A Seat Leon crashed on the A542 in Denbighshire at 19:30 on Saturday 24 October 2009. The 20-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Oct 2009
Saturday, 19:30
Vehicles
1
Seat Leon
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.0407, longitude -3.20465, in the LL11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Denbighshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2009609203002
Council area
Denbighshire
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
542
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 98 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2000.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)

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 2009609203002 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 2009.