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Serious unclassified road crash in Conwy LL29 on 21 December 1997 at 15:00 involving a Rover 100 Series

A minibus and a Rover 100 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Conwy at 15:00 on Sunday 21 December 1997. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Dec 1997
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Minibus and Rover 100 Series
Casualties
5
1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.28829, longitude -3.69254, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997600CO8030
Council area
Conwy
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
547

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    1,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 100 Series)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 10, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 53, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Minibus)

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 1997600CO8030 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 1997.