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Serious A544 crash in Conwy on 23 February 2023 at 09:50 involving a DAF Trucks lorry

A car and a DAF Trucks lorry were involved in a crash on the A544 in Conwy at 09:50 on Thursday 23 February 2023. A 41-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Feb 2023
Thursday, 09:50
Vehicles
2
Car and DAF Trucks
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.17863, longitude -3.60032, in the LL16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Conwy

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
202360A027288
Council area
Conwy
Police force
North Wales
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
544
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 104 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 December 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 202360A027288 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 2023.