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Serious B5099 crash in Wrexham on 5 September 1981 at 16:50 involving a car

A car crashed on the B5099 in Wrexham at 16:50 on Saturday 5 September 1981. A 20-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 26-year-old male passenger and the 19-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Sep 1981
Saturday, 16:50
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03653, longitude -3.02748, in the LL14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981600D06100
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5099
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5098

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1981600D06100 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 1981.