A4085 crash in Gwynedd on 6 July 2001 at 18:22 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205 and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd at 18:22 on Friday 6 July 2001. The 20-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 2001
- Friday, 18:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 205 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.13688, longitude -4.2658, in the LL55 postcode district and within the built-up area of Caernarfon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Menai, Gwynedd, LL55 1PT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001600GN1052
- Council area
- Gwynedd
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4085
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 August 1984.
Serious
Car crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 12 August 1984
42 m awayRef 1984600A09105
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 14 September 2004
42 m awayRef 2004600GN1079
Slight
Car crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 20 August 1979
42 m awayRef 1979600A09142
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 11 November 2002
58 m awayRef 2002600GN1087
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 17 February 2003
64 m awayRef 2003600GN1011
Slight
Car crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 9 August 1980
76 m awayRef 1980600A09114
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 2001600GN1052 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 2001.