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B5096 crash in Wrexham on 25 February 2000 at 07:45 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus, a Ford Fiesta and a car were involved in a crash on the B5096 in Wrexham at 07:45 on Friday 25 February 2000. The 38-year-old male driver of the Mercedes bus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Feb 2000
Friday, 07:45
Vehicles
3
Mercedes and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.97548, longitude -3.06791, in the LL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Acrefair and Cefn-mawr.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2000600WR5005
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5096
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
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 17 August 2002.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    4,250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

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 2000600WR5005 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.