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A5 crash in Gwynedd on 10 March 1998 at 18:44 involving a Ford Capri

A Ford Capri and a Fiat Tempra were involved in a crash on the A5 in Gwynedd at 18:44 on Tuesday 10 March 1998. The 24-year-old male driver of the Ford Capri, a 25-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Tempra and the 25-year-old female driver of the Fiat Tempra were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Mar 1998
Tuesday, 18:44
Vehicles
2
Ford Capri and Fiat Tempra
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.18622, longitude -4.07526, in the LL57 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bethesda.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998600GN2009
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
40 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, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Capri

    Car

    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
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Tempra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,372 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Capri)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tempra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Tempra)

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 1998600GN2009 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 1998.