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Unclassified road crash in Sefton L21 on 6 March 1992 at 18:50 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Sefton at 18:50 on Friday 6 March 1992. An 8-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Mar 1992
Friday, 18:50
Vehicles
1
Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47526, longitude -2.98893, in the L21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Litherland.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199205B200510
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 8, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from offside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199205B200510 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sefton road accident statistics for 1992.