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Fatal A499 crash in Gwynedd on 15 April 1998 at 14:00 involving a Volvo lorry

A vehicle and a Volvo lorry were involved in a crash on the A499 in Gwynedd at 14:00 on Wednesday 15 April 1998. A 21-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 and a 28-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were killed, three other people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Apr 1998
Wednesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Volvo
Casualties
7
2 killed, 3 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.99359, longitude -4.40695, in the LL54 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998600GN8008
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
499
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 January 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    6,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 28, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 6: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 7: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Volvo)

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 1998600GN8008 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.