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A55 crash in Conwy on 15 December 1980 at 16:05 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A55 in Conwy at 16:05 on Monday 15 December 1980. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 1980
Monday, 16:05
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.29715, longitude -3.73295, in the LL29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colwyn Bay.

Map of where the crash happened in Conwy

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1980600B12319
Council area
Conwy
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
55
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 1980600B12319 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 1980.