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Unclassified road crash in Knowsley L36 on 8 April 1997 at 17:15 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Knowsley at 17:15 on Tuesday 8 April 1997. The 6-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Apr 1997
Tuesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Orion and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.42068, longitude -2.8259, in the L36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huyton with Roby.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997050074787
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 6, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 1997050074787 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 1997.