Fatal unclassified road crash in Flintshire CH7 on 23 December 2012 at 12:10 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire at 12:10 on Sunday 23 December 2012. The 38-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed and the 56-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 23 Dec 2012
- Sunday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17336, longitude -3.06593, in the CH7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201260N210378
- Council area
- Flintshire
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 March 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire, 27 March 2002
22 m awayRef 2002600FL2015
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire, 29 April 1983
64 m awayRef 1983600C05058
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire, 24 January 1992
78 m awayRef 1992600C05015
Slight
Fiat 126 crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire, 21 June 1990
78 m awayRef 1990600C05107
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire, 19 September 1980
78 m awayRef 1980600C05125
Serious
Austin Mini crash on an unclassified road in Flintshire, 8 January 1991
78 m awayRef 1991600C05006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 38, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201260N210378 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 2012.