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Serious B4405 crash in Gwynedd on 6 April 1998 at 13:10 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A bicycle and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B4405 in Gwynedd at 13:10 on Monday 6 April 1998. A 20-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured and the 30-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle and the 48-year-old male cyclist were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Apr 1998
Monday, 13:10
Vehicles
2
Bicycle and Suzuki
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.63645, longitude -3.97391, in the LL36 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998600GS2007
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
4405
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 675 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 31 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    673 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 3: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 1998600GS2007 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.