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A497 crash in Gwynedd on 13 February 1991 at 13:50 involving a Vauxhall Nova

A Vauxhall Nova and a Kawasaki KE100 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A497 in Gwynedd at 13:50 on Wednesday 13 February 1991. A 20-year-old male passenger on the Kawasaki KE100 motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
13 Feb 1991
Wednesday, 13:50
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Nova and Kawasaki KE100
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.91138, longitude -4.49535, in the LL53 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991600A13012
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
497
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, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 December 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki KE100

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    99 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki KE100)

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 1991600A13012 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.