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Fatal A494 crash in Gwynedd on 27 July 1991 at 14:40 involving a BMW motorcycle

A BMW motorcycle crashed on the A494 in Gwynedd at 14:40 on Saturday 27 July 1991. The 34-year-old male rider was killed, a 16-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and a 40-year-old male passenger 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
27 Jul 1991
Saturday, 14:40
Vehicles
1
BMW
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.86103, longitude -3.6769, in the LL23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1991600B05072
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
494
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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bridge (side)
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    797 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BMW)

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 1991600B05072 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.