Serious A5080 crash in Knowsley on 4 December 2015 at 07:59 involving a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Crafter van were involved in a crash on the A5080 in Knowsley at 07:59 on Friday 4 December 2015. A 17-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Dec 2015
- Friday, 07:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha Ybr 125 and Volkswagen Crafter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.40525, longitude -2.84161, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2015051503242
- Council area
- Knowsley
- Police force
- Merseyside
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 5080
- 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
- Daylight
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 February 2013.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A5080 in Knowsley, 12 February 2013
4 m awayRef 201305CC01486
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A5080 in Knowsley, 22 March 2018
4 m awayRef 2018051800788
Fatal
Taxi crash on the A5080 in Knowsley, 26 June 1983
6 m awayRef 198305D401220
Slight
Audi TT crash on the A5080 in Knowsley, 14 February 2010
7 m awayRef 201005CC01688
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A5080 in Knowsley, 2 October 1997
7 m awayRef 1997050203661
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A5080 in Knowsley, 1 November 1998
7 m awayRef 1998050227219
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- 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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Crafter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Yamaha Ybr 125)
- 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 2015051503242 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 2015.