Fatal B5433 crash in Wrexham on 21 March 2025 at 22:50 involving a Honda GLR 125 motorcycle
A Honda GLR 125 motorcycle crashed on the B5433 in Wrexham at 22:50 on Friday 21 March 2025. The 19-year-old male rider and an 18-year-old male passenger were killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 21 Mar 2025
- Friday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda GLR 125
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.05926, longitude -3.03129, in the LL11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brynteg. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gwenfro, Wrexham, LL11 6PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Wrexham
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 202560C039844
- Council area
- Wrexham
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5433
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Other object in carriageway
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2021.
Slight
Car crash on the B5433 in Wrexham, 23 April 2021
34 m awayRef 202160Z056623
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B5433 in Wrexham, 7 May 1995
37 m awayRef 1995600D06032
Serious
Car crash on the B5433 in Wrexham, 11 June 1999
37 m awayRef 1999600WR2059
Serious
Car crash on the B5433 in Wrexham, 23 June 1984
71 m awayRef 1984600D06069
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 4 May 2003
106 m awayRef 2003600WR2042
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Wrexham, 1 October 2002
116 m awayRef 2002600WR2094
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda GLR 125
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
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)
Casualty 2: Passenger
FatalMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda GLR 125)
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 202560C039844 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 2025.