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Serious B4547 crash in Gwynedd on 10 January 1979 at 17:25 involving a lorry

A lorry and a minibus were involved in a crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd at 17:25 on Wednesday 10 January 1979. The 36-year-old male driver of the minibus was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in snow on a single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jan 1979
Wednesday, 17:25
Vehicles
2
Lorry and minibus
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16104, longitude -4.14181, in the LL55 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979600A10002
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4547
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Snow

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 81 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 October 2002.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 2 (Minibus)

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 1979600A10002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Gwynedd road accident statistics for 1979.