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A5 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 21 August 1998 at 13:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey at 13:20 on Friday 21 August 1998. A 14-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Astra 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
Slight
Date
21 Aug 1998
Friday, 13:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Honda Civic
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.23936, longitude -4.32361, 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
1998600AN4040
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
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,389 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    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 1998600AN4040 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.