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Serious A487 crash in Gwynedd on 23 September 1987 at 11:25 involving a van

A van crashed on the A487 in Gwynedd at 11:25 on Wednesday 23 September 1987. The 52-year-old male driver and a 49-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Sep 1987
Wednesday, 11:25
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14333, longitude -4.27252, in the LL55 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caernarfon.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987600A09132
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
487
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 26 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 1987600A09132 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 1987.