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Unclassified road crash in Liverpool L17 on 28 December 1989 at 09:00 involving a car

A car and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Liverpool at 09:00 on Thursday 28 December 1989. The 51-year-old male driver of the taxi and an 18-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1989
Thursday, 09:00
Vehicles
2
Car and taxi
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37558, longitude -2.93175, in the L17 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
198905F102219
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
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5058

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
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 29 April 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,286 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 51, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 198905F102219 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 1989.