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A483 crash in Wrexham on 24 February 1986 at 09:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A483 in Wrexham at 09:00 on Monday 24 February 1986. The 50-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 50-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Feb 1986
Monday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98697, longitude -3.0412, 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
1986600D08019
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
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1986600D08019 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 1986.