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A561 crash in Liverpool on 27 October 1992 at 15:45 involving a Carbodies Taxi

A Carbodies Taxi and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A561 in Liverpool at 15:45 on Tuesday 27 October 1992. The 53-year-old male driver of the Carbodies Taxi was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 1992
Tuesday, 15:45
Vehicles
2
Carbodies Taxi and Ford Cortina
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.38532, longitude -2.95046, in the L17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199205F201774
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
561
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 April 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,294 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Carbodies Taxi)

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 199205F201774 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 1992.