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A5 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 26 January 1998 at 09:47 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

Four vehicles, including a car and a Vauxhall Cavalier, were involved in a crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey at 09:47 on Monday 26 January 1998. A 55-year-old female passenger in the Ford Orion and the 32-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jan 1998
Monday, 09:47
Vehicles
4
Vauxhall Cavalier and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23646, longitude -4.32016, in the LL77 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
1998600AN4002
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
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2008.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,699 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Orion)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

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 1998600AN4002 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.