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A580 crash in Liverpool on 1 January 1995 at 20:45 involving an Austin Taxi

An Austin Taxi and a car were involved in a crash on the A580 in Liverpool at 20:45 on Sunday 1 January 1995. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Austin Taxi was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Jan 1995
Sunday, 20:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Taxi and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43275, longitude -2.95453, in the L4 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
1995050007651
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
580
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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 19 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    15 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Taxi)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 1995050007651 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 1995.