A487 crash in Gwynedd on 30 December 1986 at 13:30 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A487 in Gwynedd at 13:30 on Tuesday 30 December 1986. A 23-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity: Slight
Date: 30 Dec 1986; Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986600A12134
Council area: Gwynedd
Police force: North Wales

Road and location details

First road class: A
First road number: 487
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: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards: Other object in carriageway

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Turning right
Travelling from
South
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
71 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
27 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Passenger
Slight
Female, aged 23, 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 1986600A12134 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 1986.