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Fatal A5025 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 26 August 1997 at 13:40 involving a Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle

A car and a Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5025 on the Isle of Anglesey at 13:40 on Tuesday 26 August 1997. A 49-year-old female passenger on the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle was killed, the 53-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR1100XX motorcycle was seriously injured and the 79-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
26 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 13:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Honda CBR1100XX
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.36907, longitude -4.30617, in the LL70 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Anglesey

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997600AN3036
Council area
Isle of Anglesey
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5025
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 April 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    79 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR1100XX

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,137 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Female, aged 49, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR1100XX)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR1100XX)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 1997600AN3036 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 1997.