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Unclassified road crash in Knowsley L36 on 24 December 2004 at 16:00 involving a London Taxis Int. Txii

A London Taxis Int. Txii hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Knowsley at 16:00 on Friday 24 December 2004. A 72-year-old male pedestrian 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
24 Dec 2004
Friday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
London Taxis Int. Txii
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.41034, longitude -2.83806, in the L36 postcode district and within the built-up area of Huyton with Roby. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Gabriels, Knowsley, L36 5UX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200405CH01178
Council area
Knowsley
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
14%
Estimated chance it was slight
86%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: London Taxis Int. Txii

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, hit by vehicle 1 (London Taxis Int. Txii)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 200405CH01178 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Knowsley road accident statistics for 2004.