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Serious M57 crash in Knowsley on 31 December 1995 at 20:00 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the M57 in Knowsley at 20:00 on Sunday 31 December 1995. There were seven casualties: one person was seriously injured and six were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 1995
Sunday, 20:00
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
7
1 seriously injured, 6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46377, longitude -2.88413, in the L32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1995050295649
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
57
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 1996.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 1995050295649 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.