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A580 crash in Liverpool on 28 December 1999 at 19:48 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A580 in Liverpool at 19:48 on Tuesday 28 December 1999. The 18-year-old male driver of the Citroen Saxo and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Saxo were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Dec 1999
Tuesday, 19:48
Vehicles
2
Citroen Saxo and Ford Mondeo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.43132, longitude -2.94218, in the L6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
1999050004152
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
580
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
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 25 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    1,988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

    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 1999050004152 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 1999.