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A483 crash in Wrexham on 7 May 1993 at 14:10 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the A483 in Wrexham at 14:10 on Friday 7 May 1993. A 44-year-old male passenger in the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 May 1993
Friday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Mercedes and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.09547, longitude -2.96765, in the LL12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993600D05123
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
483
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 May 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Lane or location
    Entering lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1993600D05123 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 1993.