B5070 crash in Wrexham on 4 July 2008 at 18:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B5070 in Wrexham at 18:45 on Friday 4 July 2008. The 39-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 9-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Jul 2008
- Friday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94274, longitude -3.05936, 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
- 2008608127033
- Council area
- Wrexham
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5070
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 1988.
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in Wrexham, 11 September 1988
10 m awayRef 1988600D04063
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A5 in Wrexham, 17 April 1990
10 m awayRef 1990600D04030
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in Wrexham, 8 August 1981
10 m awayRef 1981600D04048
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Wrexham, 7 March 1989
10 m awayRef 1989600D04022
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Wrexham, 3 February 1990
10 m awayRef 1990600D04010
Slight
Car crash on the B5070 in Wrexham, 24 April 2021
19 m awayRef 202160Z056075
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2008608127033 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.