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A483 crash in Wrexham on 19 December 1989 at 07:45 involving a car

Four cars were involved in a crash on the A483 in Wrexham at 07:45 on Tuesday 19 December 1989. The 23-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and the 32-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1989
Tuesday, 07:45
Vehicles
4
Car and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.96705, longitude -3.0571, in the LL14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989600D04103
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
60 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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 28 December 1989.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,962 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 1989600D04103 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 1989.