A487 crash in Gwynedd on 14 July 2001 at 13:25 involving a Rover 200 Series
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Jul 2001
- Saturday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 200 Series and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.92786, longitude -4.13346, in the LL49 postcode district and within the built-up area of Porthmadog. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gorllewin Porthmadog, Gwynedd, LL49 9AF area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2001600GN6027
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 497
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 2025.
Slight
Audi A5 crash on the A497 in Gwynedd, 2 July 2025
4 m awayRef 202560C098951
Slight
LDV 400 Series crash on the A487 in Gwynedd, 18 October 2001
10 m awayRef 2001600GN6047
Serious
Car crash on the A487 in Gwynedd, 1 August 2017
13 m awayRef 201760V115899
Slight
Audi 80 crash on an unclassified road in Gwynedd, 26 September 1997
20 m awayRef 1997600GN6045
Serious
HGV crash on the A497 in Gwynedd, 26 July 2011
28 m awayRef 201160M122750
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in Gwynedd, 31 March 2021
44 m awayRef 202160Z043750
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2001600GN6027 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.