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B5179 crash in Liverpool on 2 December 1982 at 22:15 involving a car

A car and a motor scooter were involved in a crash on the B5179 in Liverpool at 22:15 on Thursday 2 December 1982. The 18-year-old male rider of the motor scooter was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Dec 1982
Thursday, 22:15
Vehicles
2
Car and motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39809, longitude -2.92713, in the L15 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
198205D302355
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5179
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 6 September 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Motor scooter

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 2 (Motor scooter)

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 198205D302355 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.