A4085 crash in Gwynedd on 18 January 2012 at 18:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd at 18:00 on Wednesday 18 January 2012. The 76-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 69-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jan 2012
- Wednesday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.10998, longitude -4.20492, in the LL55 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201260N009202
- Council area
- Gwynedd
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4085
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 8%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 92%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 2 October 2007.
Serious
Car crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 2 October 2007
At the same spotRef 200760GN10670
Slight
Peugeot crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 14 August 1998
10 m awayRef 1998600GN5024
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 22 October 1982
51 m awayRef 1982600A10083
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 2 June 1985
51 m awayRef 1985600A10053
Serious
Car crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 11 November 2000
51 m awayRef 2000600GN5054
Serious
Bus crash on the A4085 in Gwynedd, 17 January 1981
51 m awayRef 1981600A10005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 201260N009202 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 2012.