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Serious A547 crash in Conwy on 6 February 1998 at 17:20 involving a Toyota Corolla

A Toyota Corolla hit a pedestrian on the A547 in Conwy at 17:20 on Friday 6 February 1998. A 67-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Feb 1998
Friday, 17:20
Vehicles
1
Toyota Corolla
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2948, longitude -3.72715, 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
1998600CO7017
Council area
Conwy
Police force
North Wales

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
547
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, hit by vehicle 1 (Toyota Corolla)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 1998600CO7017 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 1998.