A55 crash on the Isle of Anglesey on 11 October 2022 at 20:32 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A55 on the Isle of Anglesey at 20:32 on Tuesday 11 October 2022. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 2022
- Tuesday, 20:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2162, longitude -4.18595, in the LL61 postcode district. 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 202260B154806
- 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a fatal crash on 31 August 2018.
Fatal
Car crash on the A55 on the Isle of Anglesey, 31 August 2018
4 m awayRef 201860W123868
Slight
Car crash on the A55 in Gwynedd, 26 March 2012
9 m awayRef 201260N048026
Serious
Mercedes 200 crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey, 1 April 1991
44 m awayRef 1991600A07065
Slight
Vauxhall Frontera crash on the A55 on the Isle of Anglesey, 1 January 2002
52 m awayRef 2002600AN6001
Slight
Honda crash on the A55 in Gwynedd, 19 October 2003
66 m awayRef 2003600GN3106
Slight
Car crash on the A5 on the Isle of Anglesey, 31 May 1985
67 m awayRef 1985600A07076
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 202260B154806 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 2022.