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A5058 crash in Liverpool on 12 February 1979 at 07:10 involving a bus or coach

Two buses or coaches were involved in a crash on the A5058 in Liverpool at 07:10 on Monday 12 February 1979. A 27-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in snow on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 1979
Monday, 07:10
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43635, longitude -2.93173, in the L13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197905B200158
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5058
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

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
Snowing, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 7 August 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Standing 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 197905B200158 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Liverpool road accident statistics for 1979.