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Serious unclassified road crash in Liverpool L25 on 30 December 2017 at 01:30 involving a Volkswagen Passat taxi

A Volkswagen Passat taxi hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Liverpool at 01:30 on Saturday 30 December 2017. A 44-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured and a 44-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in snow on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Dec 2017
Saturday, 01:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 53.37406, longitude -2.86585, in the L25 postcode district and within the built-up area of Liverpool. It is one of the crashes that make up the Much Woolton & Hunts Cross, Liverpool, L25 5HP area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Liverpool

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017051800006
Council area
Liverpool
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
5171

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Snowing, 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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 July 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Passat

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

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 2017051800006 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 2017.