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Unclassified road crash in Knowsley L35 on 31 March 1988 at 11:05 involving a lorry

A lorry and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley at 11:05 on Thursday 31 March 1988. The 18-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Mar 1988
Thursday, 11:05
Vehicles
2
Lorry and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38188, longitude -2.80741, in the L35 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198805F300613
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
5178

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 3 August 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198805F300613 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Knowsley road accident statistics for 1988.