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Fatal A495 crash in Wrexham on 12 January 1979 at 08:25 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A495 in Wrexham at 08:25 on Friday 12 January 1979. The 44-year-old male driver of the van was killed and the 18-year-old male driver of the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Jan 1979
Friday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.93405, longitude -2.79295, in the SY13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979600D10001
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
495
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 86 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 January 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 1979600D10001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Wrexham road accident statistics for 1979.