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Fatal unclassified road crash in Liverpool L16 on 28 September 1997 at 02:40 involving a Ford Transit

A Ford Transit and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Liverpool at 02:40 on Sunday 28 September 1997. A 16-year-old male passenger in the Ford Transit was killed and six other people were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
28 Sep 1997
Sunday, 02:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Transit and Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
7
1 killed, 6 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.39959, longitude -2.88415, in the L16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1997050196471
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5178

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
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 26 December 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Driver

    Serious

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

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 1997050196471 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.