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Serious A5 crash in Gwynedd on 14 January 2001 at 12:48 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A5 in Gwynedd at 12:48 on Sunday 14 January 2001. The 32-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured and a 48-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Jan 2001
Sunday, 12:48
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.19617, longitude -4.08148, in the LL57 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001600GN2002
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 2001600GN2002 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.