Serious A55 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 11 May 2009 at 07:55 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra crashed on the A55 on the Isle of Anglesey at 07:55 on Monday 11 May 2009. The 54-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 May 2009
- Monday, 07:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Micra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.24143, longitude -4.36425, in the LL62 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Anglesey
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2009609010189
- Council area
- Isle of Anglesey
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 55
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 260 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 September 2007.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A55 on the Isle of Anglesey, 27 September 2007
260 m awayRef 2007600AN4036
Fatal
Car crash on the A55 on the Isle of Anglesey, 13 April 2011
262 m awayRef 201160M058475
Slight
Car crash on the A55 on the Isle of Anglesey, 25 May 2012
377 m awayRef 201260N083840
Slight
Van crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey, 11 January 1989
538 m awayRef 1989600A04010
Serious
Car crash on the A55 on the Isle of Anglesey, 11 February 2011
567 m awayRef 201160M023168
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey, 24 January 1992
601 m awayRef 1992600A04026
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
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 2009609010189 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 2009.