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Serious unclassified road crash in Gwynedd LL36 on 5 March 2019 at 15:53 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach crashed on an unclassified road in Gwynedd at 15:53 on Tuesday 5 March 2019. A 10-year-old female passenger was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Mar 2019
Tuesday, 15:53
Vehicles
1
Bus or coach
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.58502, longitude -4.09731, in the LL36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tywyn.

Map of where the crash happened in Gwynedd

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201960X030347
Council area
Gwynedd
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
493

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 105 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Education and educational escort
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 10, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 201960X030347 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 2019.