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Serious A5 crash in Wrexham on 11 July 1994 at 09:55 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry crashed on the A5 in Wrexham at 09:55 on Monday 11 July 1994. A 68-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Jul 1994
Monday, 09:55
Vehicles
1
Leyland
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.95085, longitude -3.05968, in the LL14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1994600D04021
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5070

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 25 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 68, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

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 1994600D04021 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 1994.