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Unclassified road crash in Wrexham LL13 on 20 December 1998 at 22:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and an MG Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham at 22:40 on Sunday 20 December 1998. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1998
Sunday, 22:40
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and MG Metro
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.04462, longitude -2.98576, 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
1998600WR1371
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban

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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG Metro)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (MG Metro)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1998600WR1371 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.