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Serious A4086 crash in Gwynedd on 5 November 1979 at 23:35 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A4086 in Gwynedd at 23:35 on Monday 5 November 1979. The 21-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Nov 1979
Monday, 23:35
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10707, longitude -4.09281, 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
1979600A10112
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4086
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 163 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 May 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 1979600A10112 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.