A55 crash in Conwy on 15 September 2011 at 08:30 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the A55 in Conwy at 08:30 on Thursday 15 September 2011. The 30-year-old female driver of vehicle 1, the 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 56-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Sep 2011
- Thursday, 08:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.27897, longitude -3.90415, 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
- 201160M154758
- Council area
- Conwy
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 55
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 2002.
Slight
Mitsubishi Galant crash on the A55 in Conwy, 23 June 2002
22 m awayRef 2002600CO2033
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A55 in Conwy, 2 November 2002
28 m awayRef 2002600CO4043
Slight
HGV crash on the A55 in Conwy, 17 July 2008
61 m awayRef 2008608133952
Fatal
Lorry crash on the A55 in Conwy, 12 December 1983
81 m awayRef 1983600A07332
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A55 in Conwy, 24 October 2000
106 m awayRef 2000600CO4026
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A55 in Conwy, 30 March 2003
128 m awayRef 2003600CO1029
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 201160M154758 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 2011.