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A5 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 18 May 1985 at 11:50 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey at 11:50 on Saturday 18 May 1985. The 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 May 1985
Saturday, 11:50
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.21774, longitude -4.18808, in the LL61 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Anglesey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985600A05034
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
50 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 1985600A05034 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 1985.