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A55 crash in Flintshire on 30 April 2025 at 17:04 involving a Kawasaki VN motorcycle

A Kawasaki VN motorcycle crashed on the A55 in Flintshire at 17:04 on Wednesday 30 April 2025. The 63-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 2025
Wednesday, 17:04
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki VN
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18863, longitude -3.06214, in the CH5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hawarden: Ewloe, Flintshire, CH5 3YB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Flintshire

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
202560C061439
Council area
Flintshire
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
494

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
26%
Estimated chance it was slight
74%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 33 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki VN

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,552 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 63, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki VN)

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 202560C061439 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Flintshire road accident statistics for 2025.