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B5070 crash in Wrexham on 30 October 2008 at 00:30 involving a car

A car crashed on the B5070 in Wrexham at 00:30 on Thursday 30 October 2008. The 33-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 2008
Thursday, 00:30
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.9388, longitude -3.05793, in the LL14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Chirk. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chirk South, Wrexham, LL14 5NN area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2008608021828
Council area
Wrexham
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5070
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing with high winds
Road surface
Snow

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
7%
Estimated chance it was slight
93%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 2008608021828 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 2008.