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A5047 crash in Liverpool on 19 August 1997 at 18:20 involving a Vauxhall Calibra

A Vauxhall Calibra and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A5047 in Liverpool at 18:20 on Tuesday 19 August 1997. The 31-year-old male driver of the taxi and a 25-year-old female passenger in the taxi were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 18:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Calibra and taxi
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4083, longitude -2.9442, in the L7 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
1997050170281
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5047
Road type
Dual 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 January 2003.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Calibra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 1997050170281 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.