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A57 crash in Knowsley on 24 December 1990 at 12:20 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A57 in Knowsley at 12:20 on Monday 24 December 1990. The 22-year-old male driver of the Carbodies Taxi, the 28-year-old male driver of the car and a 17-year-old male passenger in the car were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1990
Monday, 12:20
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42141, longitude -2.86248, in the L36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huyton with Roby.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199005D402486
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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 30 November 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,286 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 199005D402486 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.