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Serious B4366 crash in Gwynedd on 15 May 1983 at 15:40 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4366 in Gwynedd at 15:40 on Sunday 15 May 1983. The 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 20-year-old male passenger on the motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 May 1983
Sunday, 15:40
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17668, longitude -4.07076, 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
1983600A08029
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4366
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, 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 1983600A08029 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.