Unclassified road crash in Gwynedd LL55 on 15 March 1997 at 13:50 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gwynedd at 13:50 on Saturday 15 March 1997. The 19-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 29-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Mar 1997
- Saturday, 13:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.03142, longitude -4.04814, in the LL55 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1997600GN6010
- Council area
- Gwynedd
- Police force
- North Wales
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 257 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 1997.
Slight
Car crash on the A498 in Gwynedd, 15 June 1997
257 m awayRef 1997600GN6029
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A498 in Gwynedd, 14 September 2016
369 m awayRef 201660U140112
Fatal
Bedford crash on the A498 in Gwynedd, 10 December 1998
391 m awayRef 1998600GN6044
Serious
Car crash on the A498 in Gwynedd, 15 May 1988
403 m awayRef 1988600A12042
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on an unclassified road in Gwynedd, 24 September 1998
410 m awayRef 1998600GN6034
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A498 in Gwynedd, 5 August 1995
502 m awayRef 1995600A12018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 1997600GN6010 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.