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Serious A5080 crash in Knowsley on 18 July 1995 at 13:05 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro, a Ford Sierra and a Rover Montego were involved in a crash on the A5080 in Knowsley at 13:05 on Tuesday 18 July 1995. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was seriously injured and the 83-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro and a 74-year-old female passenger in the Rover Montego were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jul 1995
Tuesday, 13:05
Vehicles
3
Austin Metro and 2 others
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39388, longitude -2.78809, in the L35 postcode district.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995050163355
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5080
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 March 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Metro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover Montego)

    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 1995050163355 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 1995.