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A487 crash in Gwynedd on 24 September 1990 at 08:35 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort, a Ford Orion and a Volvo 340 were involved in a crash on the A487 in Gwynedd at 08:35 on Monday 24 September 1990. The 18-year-old female driver of the Volvo 340 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 1990
Monday, 08:35
Vehicles
3
Ford Escort and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18041, longitude -4.21312, in the LL56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1990600A09113
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
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 3: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volvo 340)

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 1990600A09113 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.