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Serious B5178 crash in Liverpool on 5 September 1979 at 04:40 involving a car

A car crashed on the B5178 in Liverpool at 04:40 on Wednesday 5 September 1979. The 33-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Sep 1979
Wednesday, 04:40
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4002, longitude -2.87394, in the L16 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
197905D100826
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5178
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 18 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 June 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 197905D100826 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.