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A59 crash in Liverpool on 8 June 1997 at 10:55 involving an Audi 80

An Audi 80 and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A59 in Liverpool at 10:55 on Sunday 8 June 1997. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jun 1997
Sunday, 10:55
Vehicles
2
Audi 80 and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.34974, longitude -2.86569, in the L24 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
1997050119684
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
59
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
561

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 10 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi 80

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,984 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    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 1997050119684 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 1997.