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Fatal A5080 crash in Knowsley on 15 January 1991 at 13:30 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta hit a pedestrian on the A5080 in Knowsley at 13:30 on Tuesday 15 January 1991. A 73-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Jan 1991
Tuesday, 13:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Jetta
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40746, longitude -2.87664, in the L14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199105F100071
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5080
Road type
Single 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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,457 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

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

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 199105F100071 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 1991.