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B5426 crash in Wrexham on 8 April 1992 at 15:15 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series and an Austin Maestro were involved in a crash on the B5426 in Wrexham at 15:15 on Wednesday 8 April 1992. A 4-year-old male passenger in the Austin Maestro and the 34-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro 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
8 Apr 1992
Wednesday, 15:15
Vehicles
2
Rover 200 Series and Austin Maestro
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.00936, longitude -3.05068, in the LL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Rhosllannerchrugog.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1992600D09032
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,342 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Maestro)

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 1992600D09032 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.