A5156 crash in Wrexham on 21 December 1994 at 09:20 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Leyland lorry were involved in a crash on the A5156 in Wrexham at 09:20 on Wednesday 21 December 1994. The 40-year-old male driver of the Leyland lorry was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 1994
- Wednesday, 09:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Leyland
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07195, longitude -2.98504, 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
- 1994600D07169
- Council area
- Wrexham
- Police force
- North Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5156
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 July 1990.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A5156 in Wrexham, 27 July 1990
At the same spotRef 1990600D05499
Serious
Car crash on the A5156 in Wrexham, 3 June 1986
At the same spotRef 1986600D05368
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5156 in Wrexham, 19 January 1990
At the same spotRef 1990600D05049
Slight
Lorry crash on the A5156 in Wrexham, 3 June 1983
At the same spotRef 1983600D07107
Slight
Ford crash on the A5156 in Wrexham, 17 October 1994
At the same spotRef 1994600D05287
Serious
Mazda crash on the A5156 in Wrexham, 13 July 1992
At the same spotRef 1992600D05483
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Leyland
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (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 1994600D07169 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.