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A497 crash in Gwynedd on 5 May 2001 at 10:45 involving a Peugeot 305

A Peugeot 305 and a Rover Maestro were involved in a crash on the A497 in Gwynedd at 10:45 on Saturday 5 May 2001. A 4-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 305 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 May 2001
Saturday, 10:45
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 305 and Rover Maestro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.88795, longitude -4.41884, in the LL53 postcode district and within the built-up area of Pwllheli. It is one of the crashes that make up the Gogledd Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 5HA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2001600GN7019
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
497
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 305

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 305)

    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 2001600GN7019 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.