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Serious B5199 crash in Knowsley on 27 August 1996 at 06:50 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on the B5199 in Knowsley at 06:50 on Tuesday 27 August 1996. The 39-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 37-year-old male driver of the Carbodies Taxi were seriously injured and a 49-year-old female passenger in the Carbodies Taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Aug 1996
Tuesday, 06:50
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40857, longitude -2.84733, in the L36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huyton with Roby.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996050193149
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5199
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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 10 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 37, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 49, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies 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 1996050193149 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.