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Unclassified road crash in Sefton L20 on 23 December 2002 at 18:03 involving a London Taxis Int. TX1

A London Taxis Int. TX1 and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Sefton at 18:03 on Monday 23 December 2002. A 38-year-old female passenger in the London Taxis Int. TX1 was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Dec 2002
Monday, 18:03
Vehicles
2
London Taxis Int. TX1 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.46013, longitude -2.98062, in the L20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bootle. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bootle East, Sefton, L20 5GA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200205BS00535
Council area
Sefton
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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 13 January 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. TX1

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,664 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 38, taxi occupant, in vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. TX1)

    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 200205BS00535 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Sefton road accident statistics for 2002.