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Serious A5152 crash in Wrexham on 15 December 1980 at 17:15 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the A5152 in Wrexham at 17:15 on Monday 15 December 1980. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1980
Monday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04938, longitude -2.99646, in the LL11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wrexham.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980600D05357
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5152
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 1980600D05357 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 1980.