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Serious A55 crash in Conwy on 20 December 1979 at 17:45 involving a taxi

A taxi and three cars were involved in a crash on the A55 in Conwy at 17:45 on Thursday 20 December 1979. The 37-year-old female driver of the taxi was seriously injured and the 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Dec 1979
Thursday, 17:45
Vehicles
4
Taxi and 3 others
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.28219, longitude -3.83135, in the LL32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Conwy.

Map of where the crash happened in Conwy

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1979600B02286
Council area
Conwy
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
55
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    75 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 37, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

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 1979600B02286 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Conwy road accident statistics for 1979.