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Serious B4547 crash in Gwynedd on 20 August 1995 at 00:05 involving a Kawasaki AR125 motorcycle

A Kawasaki AR125 motorcycle and a Ford Transit minibus were involved in a crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd at 00:05 on Sunday 20 August 1995. The 20-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki AR125 motorcycle and a 20-year-old male passenger on the Kawasaki AR125 motorcycle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Aug 1995
Sunday, 00:05
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki AR125 and Ford Transit
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18995, longitude -4.18367, in the LL56 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995600A07079
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
Urban or rural
Rural

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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 4 February 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki AR125

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    123 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki AR125)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki AR125)

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 1995600A07079 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 1995.