Fatal A4244 crash in Gwynedd on 21 April 2012 at 13:19 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd at 13:19 on Saturday 21 April 2012. The 34-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was killed and the 31-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 39-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 21 Apr 2012
- Saturday, 13:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 1 killed, 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.15206, longitude -4.1456, in the LL55 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201260N063773
- Council area
- Gwynedd
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4244
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 49 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 December 2019.
Serious
Car crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd, 9 December 2019
49 m awayRef 201960X177412
Slight
Car crash on the A4547 in Gwynedd, 26 August 2011
50 m awayRef 201160M143095
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd, 21 July 2001
50 m awayRef 2001600GN4019
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Gwynedd, 4 June 2020
54 m awayRef 202060Y079958
Slight
Car crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd, 8 December 2013
64 m awayRef 201360P200456
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd, 8 December 1993
92 m awayRef 1993600A10048
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 39, 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 201260N063773 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.