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A580 crash in Knowsley on 1 May 1992 at 22:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a car were involved in a crash on the A580 in Knowsley at 22:30 on Friday 1 May 1992. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 17-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 May 1992
Friday, 22:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4673, longitude -2.80436, in the WA10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199205E300701
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
580
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5203

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 29 January 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199205E300701 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 1992.