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Fatal unclassified road crash in Liverpool L7 on 8 August 1984 at 14:25 involving a taxi

A taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Liverpool at 14:25 on Wednesday 8 August 1984. A 2-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
8 Aug 1984
Wednesday, 14:25
Vehicles
1
Taxi
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40167, longitude -2.95203, in the L7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198405D301473
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Taxi)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198405D301473 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 1984.