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A493 crash in Gwynedd on 25 August 1998 at 14:10 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra hit a pedestrian on the A493 in Gwynedd at 14:10 on Tuesday 25 August 1998. A 2-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Aug 1998
Tuesday, 14:10
Vehicles
1
Nissan Micra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58647, longitude -4.08873, in the LL36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tywyn.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998600GS2034
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
493
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1998600GS2034 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.