Serious B4547 crash in Gwynedd on 20 August 1993 at 10:35 involving a Fiat Uno
A Fiat Uno and a Nissan Prairie were involved in a crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd at 10:35 on Friday 20 August 1993. The 23-year-old male driver of the Fiat Uno and the 38-year-old male driver of the Nissan Prairie were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 20 Aug 1993
- Friday, 10:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Uno and Nissan Prairie
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.15924, longitude -4.14172, in the LL55 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1993600A10027
- 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
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 98 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 October 2007.
Serious
Van crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd, 30 October 2007
98 m awayRef 2007600GN1074
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd, 21 July 1994
100 m awayRef 1994600A10019
Serious
Car crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd, 29 November 2012
103 m awayRef 201260N197224
Slight
Car crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd, 28 January 1997
114 m awayRef 1997600GN4002
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd, 7 March 1986
141 m awayRef 1986600A10014
Serious
Car crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd, 12 November 1984
141 m awayRef 1984600A10128
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Uno
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,372 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Prairie
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Uno)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Prairie)
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 1993600A10027 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.