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A483 crash in Wrexham on 11 January 1981 at 22:00 involving a motorcycle

Two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A483 in Wrexham at 22:00 on Sunday 11 January 1981. The 17-year-old male rider of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on an icy dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jan 1981
Sunday, 22:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99061, longitude -3.03682, in the LL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ruabon.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981600D08009
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
483
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 February 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1981600D08009 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.