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A5 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 6 January 1998 at 09:30 involving a Vauxhall Tigra

A Vauxhall Tigra, a Rover 800 Series and a Citroen Xantia were involved in a crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey at 09:30 on Tuesday 6 January 1998. A 28-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Tigra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1998
Tuesday, 09:30
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Tigra and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.28314, longitude -4.56063, in the LL65 postcode district and within the built-up area of Valley.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Anglesey

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998600AN2004
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
4545

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Tigra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 3: Citroen Xantia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Tigra)

    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 1998600AN2004 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 1998.