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A493 crash in Gwynedd on 24 October 1981 at 15:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A493 in Gwynedd at 15:05 on Saturday 24 October 1981. A 61-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1, the 20-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 58-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Oct 1981
Saturday, 15:05
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58659, longitude -4.08711, in the LL36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tywyn.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1981600B10080
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
493
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 March 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, 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 1981600B10080 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 1981.