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Fatal A5 crash in Conwy on 9 July 2017 at 12:56 involving a car

Two cars and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A5 in Conwy at 12:56 on Sunday 9 July 2017. The 27-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Jul 2017
Sunday, 12:56
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.1014, longitude -3.85021, in the LL24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Conwy

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201760V102547
Council area
Conwy
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 February 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 27, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 201760V102547 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 2017.