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Serious A5207 crash in Knowsley on 4 May 1993 at 12:50 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry and a Honda Ballade were involved in a crash on the A5207 in Knowsley at 12:50 on Tuesday 4 May 1993. The 76-year-old male driver of the Honda Ballade and a 52-year-old male passenger in the Honda Ballade were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 May 1993
Tuesday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Honda Ballade
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.47503, longitude -2.86779, in the L33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkby.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199305C300593
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5207
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
5208

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 15 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Ballade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    76 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Ballade)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Ballade)

    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 199305C300593 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 1993.