Serious A4244 crash in Gwynedd on 8 July 2018 at 15:01 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd at 15:01 on Sunday 8 July 2018. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Jul 2018
- Sunday, 15:01
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.14427, longitude -4.1551, in the LL55 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201860W093863
- 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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 June 2010.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd, 2 June 2010
11 m awayRef 201060L097764
Serious
Car crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd, 24 December 2008
34 m awayRef 2008600824220
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd, 11 February 2004
34 m awayRef 2004600GN4003
Slight
Car crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd, 20 April 2016
43 m awayRef 201660U056384
Serious
Car crash on the A4244 in Gwynedd, 5 October 2016
44 m awayRef 201660U151768
Slight
Peugeot 607 crash on the B4547 in Gwynedd, 2 June 2003
59 m awayRef 2003600GN1043
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 49 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (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 201860W093863 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 2018.