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Serious unclassified road crash on the Isle of Anglesey LL59 on 26 April 1998 at 14:10 involving a Volvo 244

A motorcycle and a Volvo 244 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road on the Isle of Anglesey at 14:10 on Sunday 26 April 1998. The 24-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 1998
Sunday, 14:10
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and Volvo 244
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22587, longitude -4.16602, in the LL59 postcode district and within the built-up area of Menai Bridge.

Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Anglesey

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998600AN6020
Council area
Isle of Anglesey
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 244

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    2,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1998600AN6020 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.