Serious unclassified road crash in Gwynedd LL54 on 16 April 2008 at 16:35 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Gwynedd at 16:35 on Wednesday 16 April 2008. The 26-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously 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
- 16 Apr 2008
- Wednesday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.98913, longitude -4.41362, in the LL54 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2008608070541
- Council area
- Gwynedd
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 178 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2000.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Gwynedd, 23 December 2000
178 m awayRef 2000600GN8036
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A499 in Gwynedd, 24 September 1997
252 m awayRef 1997600GN8038
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A499 in Gwynedd, 27 October 1980
264 m awayRef 1980600A13203
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A499 in Gwynedd, 29 December 1994
264 m awayRef 1994600A13054
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A499 in Gwynedd, 10 August 2000
282 m awayRef 2000600GN8025
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A499 in Gwynedd, 31 October 1997
305 m awayRef 1997600GN8043
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2008608070541 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 2008.