Serious A5122 crash in Gwynedd on 17 November 2000 at 18:28 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A5122 in Gwynedd at 18:28 on Friday 17 November 2000. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Nov 2000
- Friday, 18:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.22946, longitude -4.13629, in the LL57 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bangor.
Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2000600GN3125
- Council area
- Gwynedd
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5122
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 September 1999.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A5122 in Gwynedd, 29 September 1999
At the same spotRef 1999600GN3081
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Gwynedd, 17 November 1979
At the same spotRef 1979600A07209
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Gwynedd, 25 April 2012
81 m awayRef 201260N065910
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Gwynedd, 25 September 2013
81 m awayRef 201360P159326
Serious
Car crash on the A5 in Gwynedd, 26 August 2015
81 m awayRef 201560S130018
Slight
Car crash on the A5 in Gwynedd, 1 April 2011
85 m awayRef 201160M051196
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
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 2000600GN3125 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 2000.