Unclassified road crash in Wrexham LL13 on 9 May 2008 at 17:50 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham at 17:50 on Friday 9 May 2008. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
- 9 May 2008
- Friday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.0508, longitude -2.97533, in the LL13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wrexham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Acton and Maesydre, Wrexham, LL12 7DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008608086471
- Council area
- Wrexham
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 June 1996.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 16 June 1996
20 m awayRef 1996600WR1145
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 31 March 2004
20 m awayRef 2004600WR1087
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 14 August 2012
41 m awayRef 201260N134449
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 23 October 2006
41 m awayRef 2006600WR1338
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 14 September 1992
45 m awayRef 1992600D05628
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 24 April 1990
45 m awayRef 1990600D05277
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2008608086471 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.