A5151 crash in Denbighshire on 22 December 2018 at 17:34 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A5151 in Denbighshire at 17:34 on Saturday 22 December 2018. The 86-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 77-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Dec 2018
- Saturday, 17:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.29042, longitude -3.45514, in the LL18 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Denbighshire
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201860W181714
- Council area
- Denbighshire
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5151
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, lighting unknown
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 19%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 81%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 November 2024.
Serious
Citroen C4 crash on the A5151 in Denbighshire, 28 November 2024
6 m awayRef 202460Q179328
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A5151 in Denbighshire, 21 February 2001
7 m awayRef 2001600DE4019
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A5151 in Denbighshire, 30 January 2003
11 m awayRef 2003600DE4012
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5151 in Denbighshire, 15 January 2003
11 m awayRef 2003600DE4005
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the A5151 in Denbighshire, 12 October 1999
11 m awayRef 1999600DE4128
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A5151 in Denbighshire, 12 January 2010
11 m awayRef 201060L006850
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 86 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 86, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 77, 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 201860W181714 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 2018.