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M57 crash in Sefton on 24 September 1989 at 05:50 involving a taxi

A taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the M57 in Sefton at 05:50 on Sunday 24 September 1989. The 54-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 1989
Sunday, 05:50
Vehicles
2
Taxi and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.49229, longitude -2.95104, in the L10 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198905B201826
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
57
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5203

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Not on carriageway
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198905B201826 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sefton road accident statistics for 1989.