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Fatal A487 crash in Gwynedd on 24 June 1993 at 22:45 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A487 in Gwynedd at 22:45 on Thursday 24 June 1993. An 18-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Fiesta was killed, an 18-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Jun 1993
Thursday, 22:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 405
Casualties
3
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.16736, longitude -4.23788, in the LL55 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1993600A09051
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
487
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 1993600A09051 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 1993.