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Serious A5058 crash in Liverpool on 30 April 1979 at 19:40 involving a car

A car and two motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A5058 in Liverpool at 19:40 on Monday 30 April 1979. The 25-year-old male rider of vehicle 3 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Apr 1979
Monday, 19:40
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42711, longitude -2.91828, in the L12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197905C100378
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
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5049

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 2012.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

  • Vehicle 3: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 25, motorcyclist, on vehicle 3 (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 197905C100378 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.