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B5430 crash in Wrexham on 8 April 1992 at 08:50 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Volvo 440 were involved in a crash on the B5430 in Wrexham at 08:50 on Wednesday 8 April 1992. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 440 and the 34-year-old male driver of the Volvo 440 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 1992
Wednesday, 08:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Volvo 440
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05772, longitude -3.07125, in the LL11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Coedpoeth.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992600D05258
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5430
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 440)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 440)

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 1992600D05258 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 1992.