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A561 crash in Liverpool on 12 February 1982 at 18:45 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A561 in Liverpool at 18:45 on Friday 12 February 1982. The 35-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Feb 1982
Friday, 18:45
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38894, longitude -2.96979, in the L8 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
198205F200187
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
561
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 June 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 198205F200187 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.