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A493 crash in Gwynedd on 28 October 2000 at 15:00 involving a Peugeot 205

A Peugeot 205 and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on the A493 in Gwynedd at 15:00 on Saturday 28 October 2000. All four casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Oct 2000
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 205 and Renault 21
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58384, longitude -4.08851, 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
2000600GS2043
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
No

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
Crossroads
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 August 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 2000600GS2043 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.