A526 crash in Knowsley on 27 July 1990 at 14:15 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny and two Ford Escorts were involved in a crash on the A526 in Knowsley at 14:15 on Friday 27 July 1990. The 29-year-old male driver of vehicle 3 and a 25-year-old female passenger in vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jul 1990
- Friday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Sunny and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42527, longitude -2.85022, in the L36 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199005D401352
- Council area
- Knowsley
- Police force
- Merseyside
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 526
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 October 1985.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 6 October 1985
41 m awayRef 198505C301615
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A526 in Knowsley, 20 April 2007
58 m awayRef 200705CC17822
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 15 December 1991
64 m awayRef 199105D402350
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A526 in Knowsley, 23 July 1991
67 m awayRef 199105D401428
Serious
London Taxis Int. TX4 crash on the A526 in Knowsley, 5 January 2025
71 m awayRef 2025052500026
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 27 March 1980
81 m awayRef 198005K100289
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 199005D401352 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 1990.