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A525 crash in Wrexham on 27 June 1998 at 21:05 involving a Triumph motorcycle

A Triumph motorcycle and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A525 in Wrexham at 21:05 on Saturday 27 June 1998. The 57-year-old male rider of the Triumph motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jun 1998
Saturday, 21:05
Vehicles
2
Triumph and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04484, longitude -2.99173, in the LL13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wrexham.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998600WR1184
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
525
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Triumph

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    885 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Triumph)

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 1998600WR1184 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 1998.