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Serious A483 crash in Wrexham on 15 December 1982 at 18:35 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A483 in Wrexham at 18:35 on Wednesday 15 December 1982. The 55-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1982
Wednesday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10913, longitude -2.94555, in the LL12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rossett.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982600D07262
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
483
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 55, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1982600D07262 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 1982.