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A5 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 23 September 1982 at 22:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey at 22:15 on Thursday 23 September 1982. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Sep 1982
Thursday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2224, longitude -4.2752, in the LL60 postcode district and within the built-up area of Gaerwen.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Anglesey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1982600A04110
Council area
Isle of Anglesey
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 October 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, 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 1982600A04110 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Isle of Anglesey road accident statistics for 1982.