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Serious A497 crash in Gwynedd on 10 July 1985 at 23:20 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A497 in Gwynedd at 23:20 on Wednesday 10 July 1985. A 19-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 39-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jul 1985
Wednesday, 23:20
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88567, longitude -4.43442, in the LL53 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1985600A13105
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
497
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
499

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1985600A13105 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 1985.