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Fatal A506 crash in Liverpool on 16 March 1991 at 16:05 involving a Bedford van

A Bedford van hit a pedestrian on the A506 in Liverpool at 16:05 on Saturday 16 March 1991. A 72-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Mar 1991
Saturday, 16:05
Vehicles
1
Bedford
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46835, longitude -2.94297, in the L9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199105C100348
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
506
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (Bedford)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199105C100348 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 1991.