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B5445 crash in Wrexham on 23 February 1989 at 10:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B5445 in Wrexham at 10:15 on Thursday 23 February 1989. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 41-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Feb 1989
Thursday, 10:15
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10729, longitude -2.94999, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1989600D05142
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5445
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    957 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1989600D05142 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.