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A5156 crash in Wrexham on 26 September 2000 at 17:08 involving a Foden lorry

A Foden lorry and a Rover 400 Series were involved in a crash on the A5156 in Wrexham at 17:08 on Tuesday 26 September 2000. A 36-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series and the 40-year-old male driver of the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Sep 2000
Tuesday, 17:08
Vehicles
2
Foden and Rover 400 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07264, longitude -2.98732, 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
2000600WR3129
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5156
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
A
Second road number
5152

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 14 September 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Foden

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,589 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 400 Series)

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 2000600WR3129 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.