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Fatal A4085 crash in Gwynedd on 30 January 1987 at 15:10 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd at 15:10 on Friday 30 January 1987. The 75-year-old male driver of the car was killed and a 77-year-old female passenger in the car was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Jan 1987
Friday, 15:10
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.12178, longitude -4.22355, in the LL55 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1987600A10007
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
4085
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 August 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, 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 1987600A10007 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.