Serious unclassified road crash in Knowsley L33 on 22 June 1996 at 21:00 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306, a BMW 7 Series and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley at 21:00 on Saturday 22 June 1996. There were six casualties: one person was seriously injured and five were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 22 Jun 1996
- Saturday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 306 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 6
- 1 seriously injured, 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48941, longitude -2.8925, in the L33 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 1996050143978
- Council area
- Knowsley
- Police force
- Merseyside
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2006.
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 27 January 2006
At the same spotRef 200605CC05268
Slight
Rover Metro crash on a C road in Knowsley, 5 September 2002
At the same spotRef 2002050168959
Slight
Audi A4 crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 11 March 2005
At the same spotRef 200505CH00223
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 25 July 1991
20 m awayRef 199105C301144
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 27 June 1989
20 m awayRef 198905C300798
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley, 6 July 1988
20 m awayRef 198805C300976
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 7 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,430 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Carbodies Taxi
Taxi
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 7 Series)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 7 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 7 Series)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, taxi occupant, in vehicle 3 (Carbodies Taxi)
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, taxi occupant, in vehicle 3 (Carbodies Taxi)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 41, taxi occupant, in vehicle 3 (Carbodies Taxi)
- 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 1996050143978 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 1996.