A487 crash in Gwynedd on 17 February 2001 at 14:45 involving a Volkswagen Passat
A car, a Volkswagen Passat and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A487 in Gwynedd at 14:45 on Saturday 17 February 2001. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2001
- Saturday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Passat and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.94585, longitude -4.18748, in the LL49 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001600GN6005
- Council area
- Gwynedd
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 487
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 1997.
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A487 in Gwynedd, 27 August 1997
10 m awayRef 1997600GN6039
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A487 in Gwynedd, 3 November 1990
63 m awayRef 1990600A12095
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A487 in Gwynedd, 25 June 2017
119 m awayRef 201760V094381
Slight
Fiat Uno crash on the B487 in Gwynedd, 12 February 1998
168 m awayRef 1998600GN6002
Slight
Lorry crash on the A487 in Gwynedd, 15 November 1988
224 m awayRef 1988600A12132
Slight
Car crash on the A487 in Gwynedd, 20 December 1985
349 m awayRef 1985600A12125
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,898 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
- 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 2001600GN6005 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.