B5112 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 22 October 2008 at 22:42 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B5112 on the Isle of Anglesey at 22:42 on Wednesday 22 October 2008. The 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Oct 2008
- Wednesday, 22:42
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.31058, longitude -4.42196, in the LL71 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008608201804
- Council area
- Isle of Anglesey
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5112
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 18%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 82%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1993.
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B5112 on the Isle of Anglesey, 15 September 1993
81 m awayRef 1993600A01042
Slight
Car crash on the B5112 on the Isle of Anglesey, 10 May 1979
92 m awayRef 1979600A01023
Slight
Datsun Cherry crash on the B5112 on the Isle of Anglesey, 2 September 1997
133 m awayRef 1997600AN3041
Serious
Rover Mini crash on the B5112 on the Isle of Anglesey, 15 January 1998
178 m awayRef 1998600AN3002
Slight
Car crash on the B5112 on the Isle of Anglesey, 8 June 1987
180 m awayRef 1987600A01034
Slight
Fiat Seicento crash on the B5112 on the Isle of Anglesey, 25 June 2006
273 m awayRef 2006600AN3034
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), 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 2008608201804 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 2008.