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B5187 crash in Liverpool on 19 December 2013 at 18:00 involving a lorry

A lorry hit seven pedestrians on the B5187 in Liverpool at 18:00 on Thursday 19 December 2013. All seven casualties were slightly injured. Seven of them were pedestrians.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 2013
Thursday, 18:00
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
7
7 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.45898, longitude -2.94865, in the L9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Walton, Liverpool, L9 2DF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201305EE05840
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5187
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
37%
Estimated chance it was slight
63%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 February 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 6: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 7: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Lorry)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 201305EE05840 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 2013.