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A547 crash in Conwy on 2 December 2022 at 21:15 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class and a Mercedes C Class were involved in a crash on the A547 in Conwy at 21:15 on Friday 2 December 2022. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes A Class, a 14-year-old male passenger in the Mercedes C Class and the 35-year-old male driver of the Mercedes C Class were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 2022
Friday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Mercedes A Class and Mercedes C Class
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.2935, longitude -3.7243, in the LL29 postcode district and within the built-up area of Colwyn Bay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Glyn, Conwy, LL34 6DA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Conwy

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
202260B181523
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
17%
Estimated chance it was slight
83%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 March 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes C Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,143 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes C Class)

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 202260B181523 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 2022.