A525 crash in Wrexham on 1 December 2011 at 06:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A525 in Wrexham at 06:45 on Thursday 1 December 2011. The 58-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 55-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Dec 2011
- Thursday, 06:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03958, longitude -2.98448, in the LL13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Wrexham. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whitegate, Wrexham, LL13 8PU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201160M200111
- Council area
- Wrexham
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 525
- 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
- Human crossing control by other authorised person
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2011.
Slight
Car crash on the A525 in Wrexham, 21 December 2011
At the same spotRef 201160M210963
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A525 in Wrexham, 10 March 1998
At the same spotRef 1998600WR1073
Slight
Car crash on the A525 in Wrexham, 10 January 1981
10 m awayRef 1981600D05013
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A525 in Wrexham, 25 May 2006
10 m awayRef 2006600WR1185
Serious
Fiat Strada crash on the A525 in Wrexham, 29 January 1991
10 m awayRef 1991600D05079
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A525 in Wrexham, 6 June 1991
10 m awayRef 1991600D05436
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 201160M200111 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 2011.