Serious A5 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 1 October 2016 at 13:00 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey at 13:00 on Saturday 1 October 2016. A 43-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 Oct 2016
- Saturday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22039, longitude -4.19194, in the LL61 postcode district and within the built-up area of Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll. It is one of the crashes that make up the Aethwy, Isle of Anglesey, LL61 5YW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened on the Isle of Anglesey
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201660U149579
- 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
- 5
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 October 2015.
Serious
Car crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey, 1 October 2015
4 m awayRef 201560S150237
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey, 8 May 2009
6 m awayRef 2009609083625
Slight
Car crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey, 21 May 2009
6 m awayRef 2009609999999
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey, 2 May 2002
6 m awayRef 2002600AN6021
Fatal
Peugeot 309 crash on the A4080 on the Isle of Anglesey, 17 April 1996
6 m awayRef 1996600AN6018
Slight
Car crash on the A4080 on the Isle of Anglesey, 16 June 1997
6 m awayRef 1997600AN6031
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 201660U149579 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 2016.