A493 crash in Gwynedd on 28 April 2015 at 12:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A493 in Gwynedd at 12:00 on Tuesday 28 April 2015. The 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 1, the 56-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 57-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 2015
- Tuesday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.7022, longitude -4.0337, in the LL39 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201560S060122
- Council area
- Gwynedd
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 493
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 14%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 86%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 93 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 1982.
Slight
Minibus crash on the A493 in Gwynedd, 4 May 1982
93 m awayRef 1982600B10018
Slight
Car crash on the A493 in Gwynedd, 16 June 2014
142 m awayRef 201460R090598
Serious
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A493 in Gwynedd, 16 April 1992
195 m awayRef 1992600B10026
Serious
Triumph Sprint ST crash on the A493 in Gwynedd, 7 September 2004
212 m awayRef 2004600GS1048
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A493 in Gwynedd, 21 January 1981
226 m awayRef 1981600B10009
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A493 in Gwynedd, 6 November 2003
415 m awayRef 2003600GS2059
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 57, 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 201560S060122 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 2015.