B5426 crash in Wrexham on 1 July 1991 at 18:05 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B5426 in Wrexham at 18:05 on Monday 1 July 1991. A 31-year-old female passenger in the Ford Sierra, a 7-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sierra and the 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jul 1991
- Monday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00844, longitude -3.05364, in the LL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhosllannerchrugog.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1991600D09055
- Council area
- Wrexham
- Police force
- North Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5426
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2008.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 16 July 2008
41 m awayRef 2008608133456
Slight
Nissan Cabstar crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 20 December 2000
50 m awayRef 2000600WR7095
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 13 April 1998
54 m awayRef 1998600WR7021
Slight
Taxi crash on the B5426 in Wrexham, 27 July 2002
78 m awayRef 2002600WR7038
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B5426 in Wrexham, 30 November 2025
95 m awayRef 202560C185588
Serious
Honda Civic crash on the B5436 in Wrexham, 1 January 2004
98 m awayRef 2004600WR7001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,294 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 7, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 1991600D09055 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 1991.