A534 crash in Wrexham on 22 September 2000 at 09:00 involving a Scania lorry
Four vehicles, including a Scania lorry and a Vauxhall Vectra, were involved in a crash on the A534 in Wrexham at 09:00 on Friday 22 September 2000. The 54-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Sep 2000
- Friday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 4
- Scania and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07242, longitude -2.90179, in the LL13 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000600WR3126
- Council area
- Wrexham
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 534
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the A534 in Wrexham, 1 September 1982
28 m awayRef 1982600D07163
Slight
Car crash on the A534 in Wrexham, 13 June 1987
113 m awayRef 1987600D05410
Slight
Car crash on the A534 in Wrexham, 10 February 1984
113 m awayRef 1984600D07036
Slight
Lorry crash on the A534 in Wrexham, 18 July 1988
122 m awayRef 1988600D05527
Slight
Car crash on the A534 in Wrexham, 28 November 1980
122 m awayRef 1980600D07222
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A534 in Wrexham, 16 May 1981
122 m awayRef 1981600D07085
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,500 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 4: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 2000600WR3126 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 2000.