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A5098 crash in Sefton on 6 January 1996 at 10:25 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Escort taxi were involved in a crash on the A5098 in Sefton at 10:25 on Saturday 6 January 1996. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort taxi was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1996
Saturday, 10:25
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Ford Escort
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45547, longitude -3.00172, in the L20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle.

Map of where the crash happened in Sefton

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996050007502
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5098
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 April 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 1996050007502 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sefton road accident statistics for 1996.