Serious B5189 crash in Liverpool on 11 September 1982 at 14:07 involving a car
Three cars were involved in a crash on the B5189 in Liverpool at 14:07 on Saturday 11 September 1982. There were eight casualties: one person was seriously injured and seven were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 11 Sep 1982
- Saturday, 14:07
- Vehicles
- 3
- Car and 2 others
- Casualties
- 8
- 1 seriously injured, 7 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41791, longitude -2.92154, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198205D201690
- Council area
- Liverpool
- Police force
- Merseyside
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 5189
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 1983.
Slight
Scooter crash on the B5189 in Liverpool, 6 June 1983
At the same spotRef 198305D201094
Serious
Car crash on the B5189 in Liverpool, 27 January 2020
4 m awayRef 2020052000299
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on an unclassified road in Liverpool, 18 May 2023
4 m awayRef 2023052301144
Serious
Ford C-Max crash on the B5189 in Liverpool, 19 February 2014
6 m awayRef 201405EE01676
Slight
Jaguar E-Pace crash on an unclassified road in Liverpool, 22 December 2025
6 m awayRef 2025052600261
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the B5189 in Liverpool, 18 March 2014
9 m awayRef 201405EE02049
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
Casualties (8)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 7: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 8: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, 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 198205D201690 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 1982.