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Fatal B4547 crash in Gwynedd on 22 June 1991 at 19:45 involving a Ford Sierra taxi

A Ford Sierra taxi, two bicycles and a car were involved in a crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd at 19:45 on Saturday 22 June 1991. The 15-year-old male cyclist was killed, the 15-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured and a 23-year-old male passenger in the Ford Sierra taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
22 Jun 1991
Saturday, 19:45
Vehicles
4
Ford Sierra and 3 others
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14735, longitude -4.15309, 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
1991600A10075
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4547
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    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 1991600A10075 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 1991.