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Unclassified road crash in Liverpool L12 on 8 January 1998 at 17:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a taxi were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Liverpool at 17:10 on Thursday 8 January 1998. An 11-year-old female passenger in the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jan 1998
Thursday, 17:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43319, longitude -2.90998, in the L12 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
1998050009972
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
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 11, 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 1998050009972 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 1998.