B4354 crash in Gwynedd on 17 December 1986 at 17:15 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B4354 in Gwynedd at 17:15 on Wednesday 17 December 1986. The 73-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity: Slight
Date: 17 Dec 1986; Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles: 2; Car and another
Casualties: 1; 1 slightly injured

Collision details

Basic information

Reference: 1986600A13175
Council area: Gwynedd
Police force: North Wales

Road and location details

First road class: B
First road number: 4354
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: Dark, no street lighting
Weather: Raining, no high winds
Road surface: Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site: Roadworks
Carriageway hazards: Roadworks

Vehicles involved (2)

Vehicle 1: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
East
Travelling to
West
Hit object in carriageway
Road works
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
18 years
Vehicle 2: Car
Manoeuvre
Going ahead
Travelling from
West
Travelling to
East
First point of impact
Front
Driver sex
Male
Driver age
73 years

Casualties (1)

Casualty 1: Driver
Slight
Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 1986600A13175 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.