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Serious unclassified road crash in Sefton L31 on 16 January 1992 at 12:00 involving a Volkswagen minibus

A Volkswagen minibus hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Sefton at 12:00 on Thursday 16 January 1992. A 72-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured and a 4-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Jan 1992
Thursday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.52262, longitude -2.94569, in the L31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lydiate.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199205B300105
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 April 2017.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

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

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

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

    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 199205B300105 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.