Serious A547 crash in Conwy on 8 February 2013 at 17:46 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A547 in Conwy at 17:46 on Friday 8 February 2013. The 41-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Feb 2013
- Friday, 17:46
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.28828, longitude -3.69288, in the LL29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colwyn Bay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Eirias, Conwy, LL29 9PG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Conwy
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201360P020451
- Council area
- Conwy
- Police force
- North Wales
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
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
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 1998.
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the A547 in Conwy, 16 March 1998
At the same spotRef 1998600CO8006
Slight
Car crash on the B5383 in Conwy, 10 April 1997
10 m awayRef 1997600CO8004
Slight
Ford Granada crash on an unclassified road in Conwy, 3 June 1996
10 m awayRef 1996600CO8004
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A547 in Conwy, 16 August 1997
10 m awayRef 1997600CO7109
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the A547 in Conwy, 15 November 2010
10 m awayRef 201060L212150
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Conwy, 28 January 2009
10 m awayRef 2009609016145
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 58 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 41, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 201360P020451 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 2013.