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Fatal C road crash in Liverpool L25 on 19 August 2003 at 14:45 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit a pedestrian on a C road in Liverpool at 14:45 on Tuesday 19 August 2003. A 4-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
19 Aug 2003
Tuesday, 14:45
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.35906, longitude -2.85629, in the L25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Much Woolton & Hunts Cross, Liverpool, L25 0PD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200305FT01015
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
562

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 November 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle over 125cc

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 4, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200305FT01015 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 2003.