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A5038 crash in Liverpool on 8 September 2000 at 22:15 involving a Leyland National bus

A Leyland National bus crashed on the A5038 in Liverpool at 22:15 on Friday 8 September 2000. A 70-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2000
Friday, 22:15
Vehicles
1
Leyland National
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40918, longitude -2.97885, in the L1 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
2000050162095
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
5038
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
5038

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland National

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland National)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 2000050162095 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 2000.