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Serious A55 crash in Gwynedd on 26 July 1983 at 22:05 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A55 in Gwynedd at 22:05 on Tuesday 26 July 1983. The 36-year-old male driver of the car and the 54-year-old female rider of the motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jul 1983
Tuesday, 22:05
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.21782, longitude -4.08323, in the LL57 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983600A07196
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
55
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 May 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 1983600A07196 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 1983.