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Serious A470 crash in Gwynedd on 18 August 2013 at 09:55 involving a car

A car, a motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A470 in Gwynedd at 09:55 on Sunday 18 August 2013. The 48-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Aug 2013
Sunday, 09:55
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.74496, longitude -3.90242, in the LL40 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201360P136177
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
470
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2000.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    62 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (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 201360P136177 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 2013.