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A55 crash in Conwy on 15 December 1983 at 16:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A55 in Conwy at 16:05 on Thursday 15 December 1983. The 66-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Dec 1983
Thursday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27648, longitude -3.9091, in the LL34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Conwy

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1983600A07336
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
60 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 unlit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Roadworks
Carriageway hazards
Roadworks

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 1983600A07336 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 1983.