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Serious B5178 crash in Liverpool on 4 November 2014 at 19:54 involving a Wrightbus Gemini

A Wrightbus Gemini hit a pedestrian on the B5178 in Liverpool at 19:54 on Tuesday 4 November 2014. A 15-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Nov 2014
Tuesday, 19:54
Vehicles
1
Wrightbus Gemini
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.4035, longitude -2.94218, in the L7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kensington & Fairfield, Liverpool, L7 0EL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2014051400170
Council area
Liverpool
Police force
Merseyside
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
5178
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Wrightbus Gemini

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    6,692 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 15, hit by vehicle 1 (Wrightbus Gemini)

    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 2014051400170 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 2014.