A483 crash in Wrexham on 29 September 2009 at 08:50 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
Two cars and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A483 in Wrexham at 08:50 on Tuesday 29 September 2009. The 21-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Sep 2009
- Tuesday, 08:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Corsa and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.06635, longitude -2.99747, in the LL11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gwersyllt South, Wrexham, LL11 2UG area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009609186547
- Council area
- Wrexham
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 483
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 November 2010.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A483 in Wrexham, 15 November 2010
10 m awayRef 201060L212135
Slight
Car crash on the A483 in Wrexham, 20 October 2003
14 m awayRef 2003600WR1318
Slight
Car crash on the A483 in Wrexham, 30 May 2009
14 m awayRef 2009609098761
Fatal
Rover SD1 crash on the A483 in Wrexham, 9 May 1990
41 m awayRef 1990600D05319
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A483 in Wrexham, 12 December 2003
57 m awayRef 2003600WR1483
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A483 in Wrexham, 26 February 2001
72 m awayRef 2001600WR1044
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Lane or location
- Lay-by or hard shoulder
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2009609186547 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 2009.