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A562 crash in Liverpool on 14 July 1982 at 16:55 involving a van

A van and a car were involved in a crash on the A562 in Liverpool at 16:55 on Wednesday 14 July 1982. The 25-year-old male driver of the van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a flooded dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jul 1982
Wednesday, 16:55
Vehicles
2
Van and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38704, longitude -2.90283, in the L18 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
198205F101014
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
562
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 1979.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198205F101014 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.