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A57 crash in Liverpool on 28 September 1996 at 14:05 involving an Austin Metro

A taxi and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A57 in Liverpool at 14:05 on Saturday 28 September 1996. The 22-year-old male driver of the Austin Metro was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Sep 1996
Saturday, 14:05
Vehicles
2
Taxi and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41906, longitude -2.88801, in the L14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1996050223345
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
57
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Taxi

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

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Metro)

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 1996050223345 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Liverpool road accident statistics for 1996.