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A5080 crash in Knowsley on 24 December 1998 at 09:20 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra and a Nissan Sunny were involved in a crash on the A5080 in Knowsley at 09:20 on Thursday 24 December 1998. The 52-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny, a 27-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Sunny and a 38-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Sunny were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 1998
Thursday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Vectra and Nissan Sunny
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40896, longitude -2.85576, in the L36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huyton with Roby.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1998050003922
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5080
Road type
Single carriageway
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 6 May 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Sunny)

    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 1998050003922 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 1998.