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A498 crash in Gwynedd on 27 April 1998 at 10:30 involving a Skoda Felicia

A Skoda Felicia crashed on the A498 in Gwynedd at 10:30 on Monday 27 April 1998. The 84-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Apr 1998
Monday, 10:30
Vehicles
1
Skoda Felicia
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.07949, longitude -4.00279, 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
1998600GN6013
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
498
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 57 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 October 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Felicia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    84 years
    Engine capacity
    1,289 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Felicia)

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 1998600GN6013 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.