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Serious A5 crash in Gwynedd on 5 December 1997 at 20:10 involving a Jeep Cherokee

A Jeep Cherokee and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the A5 in Gwynedd at 20:10 on Friday 5 December 1997. The 43-year-old male driver of the Jeep Cherokee, the 25-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny and a 41-year-old female passenger in the Jeep Cherokee were seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1997
Friday, 20:10
Vehicles
2
Jeep Cherokee and Nissan Sunny
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.21423, longitude -4.18326, in the LL61 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997600GN3128
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Jeep Cherokee

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    3,960 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jeep Cherokee)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Jeep Cherokee)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 1997600GN3128 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 1997.