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Serious A5080 crash in Knowsley on 20 September 1979 at 20:45 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A5080 in Knowsley at 20:45 on Thursday 20 September 1979. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 14-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were seriously injured and the 47-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Sep 1979
Thursday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40872, longitude -2.8523, in the L36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huyton with Roby.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
197905K100746
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5080
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat 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 197905K100746 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Knowsley road accident statistics for 1979.