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Unclassified road crash in Knowsley L32 on 28 August 2009 at 17:48 involving a Skoda Superb taxi

A Skoda Superb taxi hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Knowsley at 17:48 on Friday 28 August 2009. A 7-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Aug 2009
Friday, 17:48
Vehicles
1
Skoda Superb
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.48682, longitude -2.90181, in the L32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kirkby. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shevington, Knowsley, L33 2DU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Knowsley

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200905CC01382
Council area
Knowsley
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Superb

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 7, hit by vehicle 1 (Skoda Superb)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 200905CC01382 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 2009.