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Serious A487 crash in Gwynedd on 8 December 1990 at 12:55 involving a Fiat Strada

A Fiat Strada and an Audi Coupe were involved in a crash on the A487 in Gwynedd at 12:55 on Saturday 8 December 1990. The 19-year-old male driver of the Fiat Strada, the 25-year-old male driver of the Audi Coupe and a 22-year-old female passenger in the Audi Coupe were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
8 Dec 1990
Saturday, 12:55
Vehicles
2
Fiat Strada and Audi Coupe
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.20173, longitude -4.17828, in the LL57 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990600A07224
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
60 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
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Strada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi Coupe

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Strada)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Coupe)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi Coupe)

    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 1990600A07224 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 1990.