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A5 crash in Gwynedd on 9 November 1996 at 18:00 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on the A5 in Gwynedd at 18:00 on Saturday 9 November 1996. The 23-year-old male driver of the Renault Megane and the 41-year-old female driver of the Renault 21 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 1996
Saturday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Renault Megane and Renault 21
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.20305, longitude -4.10498, in the LL57 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996600GN2022
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

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 1996600GN2022 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 1996.